The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

The Boyd family was in complete disarray after Vivienne walked out the door.

Wendy collapsed in a faint, while Teresa, Nancy, and their daughters, were terrified, at a loss for what to do next.

The servants reacted first, calling the doctor and fetching clothes for the family.

Theodore and Hayden were livid with rage when they returned and saw the chaos.

Nobody had expected Vivienne, the girl from the countryside, to be so ruthless – not only had she set a pack of wolves on them, but she had also chopped off Wendy’s hand.

How on earth did she manage to get a wolf?

And how did she have the power to control the wolves?

Wendy was right; Vivienne was dabbling in dark arts!

By the time Theodore and the others were dressed, the doctor had finished treating Wendy.

Theodore rushed to meet the doctor.

“Dr. Marcus, how’s my mom doing?” Theodore asked.

Dr. Marcus was the Boyd family’s private physician. Given the circumstances, they could not exactly broadcast their problems, so they called him.

“Madam Wendy received timely care; her life is not in danger. She just needs plenty of rest to recover,” Dr. Marcus replied.

“And her hand… Is there any chance it can be saved?” Theodore pressed.

momentarily before answering, “My skills are insufficient to reattach it. In

is said to have the skill to reattach limbs. There was once a man paralyzed for ten years whom he helped to stand again with just a few needles. However, the Specter Healer is elusive

a hundred years old and possesses exceptional medical skills, capable of not only reattaching limbs but also of snatching lives back from the

head. “Specter Healer is quite unpredictable,

saying? If we offer him a high enough price,

be reattached was irrelevant – the old lady was in her twilight years anyway. But the Boyd family still relied on Wendy’s guidance, and losing her influence would be detrimental to their standing

granddaughter-in-law, who had maimed her, it would

on pity. “With the Specter Healer’s reputation, even when the royals of Flence Country offered him a fortune, he did not acquiesce. Countless wealthy families in Veridia have offered tens of billions

his idol, and he

all. Billions? As if he’s some kind of deity. If he doesn’t want to come, we don’t

my leave. Oh, and by the way, I’ll resign from my position as your family’s private physician starting tomorrow. You might

been with us for

moment before responding, “Mr. Theodore, I mentioned the Specter Healer out of respect for you, but I did not expect your wife to disparage him so. Since your family looks down on doctors, I no longer wish

are you dismissed, but I’ll also ensure you can’t find work in this field as long as the Boyd family has

up!” Theodore

is he to talk to me like that? To see a doctor is one thing, but

cold laugh and left without

out at Teresa, but Hayden held him back. “Theodore, now’s not the time to fight. We need to figure out

police? Vivienne has done us so much harm; if we don’t report her, aren’t we

cursed. “If we could have gone to the police, do you

From the moment she claimed her position as head of the family to the day she chopped off Wendy’s hand, she acted without fear as if

puzzled about Vivienne’s true intentions, and going to the police

conclusion, feeling a knot of frustration tightening within her. “That wretched girl has played us, yet we’re powerless

real issue at hand is, what do we do about

the Boyd family. If word got out that the matriarch had lost her hand, there would be those who would dig deeper, which would spell trouble for the Boyds.Books Chapters Are Daily Updated Join & Stay Updated for All Books