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.

skills are insufficient to reattach it. In

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 just a few needles. However, the Specter Healer is elusive – finding

skills, capable of not only reattaching limbs but also of snatching lives back from the

head. “Specter Healer is quite unpredictable, and he

If we offer him a high enough price, why wouldn’t he be

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 not just be

did not acquiesce. Countless wealthy families in Veridia have offered tens of billions to secure his services, only to be turned away

Healer was his idol, and he would not

feeling annoyed. “He’s just a doctor, after all. Billions? As if he’s some kind of deity. If he doesn’t want to come, we don’t need

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

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

for you, but I did not expect your wife to disparage him so.

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. No hospital will dare

Theodore

retorted, “Am I wrong? Who is he to talk to me like that? To see a doctor

gave a cold laugh and left without another

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

else can we do but call the police? Vivienne has done

police, do you

the day she chopped off Wendy’s hand, she acted without fear as if the police

in Sea City through the years, though their hands were far from clean. They were still puzzled about Vivienne’s true intentions, and going to the police was out of the question. If Vivienne were to expose something that could ruin the Boyds, the

a knot of frustration tightening

to deal with her, but the real issue at

world oblivious to the turmoil in the Boyd family. If word got out that the matriarch had lost her hand, there