The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Vivienne was taken aback.

This was something she had not anticipated.

When she had left the Ellington estate, everything seemed fine.

Fiona had been the picture of health, her cheeks flushed with life, showing no signs of organ failure.

“I reckon someone will give you a call,” Percival spoke through sobs, which Vivienne guessed belonged to Heloise.

Vivienne reassured him calmly, “Don’t worry.”

With a brief acknowledgment, they ended the call.

Vivienne lay on her bed, but her phone buzzed to life before long.

It was Flynn.

“Vivienne, it’s Flynn, Percival’s uncle. I hate to bother you this late, but could you come to the hospital? It’s Fiona… She’s on her last legs.”

Vivienne raised an eyebrow, a lazy smirk playing on her lips as she rested a hand on her temple. “What’s the trouble?”

“Fiona’s got complete organ failure. The family told me it was you who brought my dad back from the brink. Could you please come and work your magic on Fiona? Let bygones be bygones and help us save her, will you?”

Hearing Flynn’s choked-up voice, Vivienne’s smile widened. “Alright! I’m on my way.”

Flynn exhaled a sigh of relief. “Thank you, Vivienne, thank you.”

Vivienne chuckled, “No sweat. You’re Mr. Wolf’s most respected uncle.”

if catching the hidden

Twenty minutes later.

the hospital to

Vivienne had not even bothered with a coat, he draped his trench coat

not hurry?” Vivienne said with a soft, playful smile as she and Percival made

still on the floor, wailing incessantly, cursing

Heloise charged at her. “What are you doing here, you little wretch? Come to gloat over my daughter, have you? Let me tell you, if anything happens to her, I’ll make sure you pay. Even after I become

Heloise with a deeper smile, one that did not seem sincere at all. “Would you rather

a moment, she thought she saw the spirits

he dragged her away. “Heloise,

Heloise around, she was nothing

to Vivienne, saying, “Don’t take it to heart, Vivienne. Heloise’s gone a bit mad. The hospital has agreed to let you into the OR. Fiona’s

coat back to Percival and

that, she entered the operating

side. Although her feelings towards Fiona had cooled, she

beside his grandfather and mother, waiting quietly for Vivienne to

Imogen, unsure what to

shaken by her hallucination of Vivienne, cowering in the

the OR, Vivienne donned surgical scrubs and

Calista, there

we’ve been waiting for you. Ms. Fiona is critical; we don’t have much time,” Calista handed Vivienne a scalpel.

her back to Calista, and began

focused, her eyes shifting between the monitors and Fiona, seemingly unaware of the five

a scalpel in hand,

Vivienne from behind. Their plan to restrain her failed miserably as the ropes they had knotted snapped. Taken by surprise, they stumbled

their scalpels, but she remained

the next instant, the two closest to Vivienne collapsed, blood spewing from their mouths.Books Chapters

looking up, Vivienne switched to another instrument, moving to