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.

reattach it. In fact, there’s no hospital in the country capable of such a

I’ve heard of, the Specter Healer, who 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

reattaching limbs but also of snatching lives back from the jaws of death. If we could

his head. “Specter Healer is quite unpredictable, and he doesn’t

you saying? If we offer him

twilight years anyway. But the Boyd family still relied on

had maimed her, it would not just be Vivienne who suffered the repercussions; the entire Boyd family

Country offered him a fortune, he did not acquiesce. Countless wealthy families in Veridia have offered

he would not stand

As if he’s some

“Since Madam Wendy is out of danger, I’ll take my leave. Oh, and by the way,

been with us for so long, and we’ve treated you well. It doesn’t seem right to

the Specter Healer out of respect for you, but I did not expect your wife

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

Theodore roared at

To see a doctor is one thing, but why put

a cold laugh and left without another

back. “Theodore, now’s not the time to fight. We need to

else can we do but call the police? Vivienne has done us so much harm; if we don’t report her, aren’t we just

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

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 the police meant nothing

the years, though their hands were far from clean. They were still puzzled about Vivienne’s true intentions, and going to the

feeling a knot of frustration tightening within her. “That

but the real issue at hand

lid on the incident, the outside world oblivious to the turmoil in the Boyd family. If word got out that the matriarch had lost