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.

answering, “My skills are insufficient to reattach it. In fact, there’s

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 him may be

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

“Specter Healer is quite

“What are you saying? If we offer him a high

But the Boyd family still relied on Wendy’s guidance, and losing her influence would be detrimental to their

was Vivienne, Wendy’s granddaughter-in-law, who had maimed her, it would not just be Vivienne who suffered the repercussions; the

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

and he would not stand someone

after all. Billions? As if he’s some

Madam Wendy is out of danger, I’ll take my leave. Oh, and by the way, I’ll resign from my position as your family’s private physician starting tomorrow. You might want to look for

needs your care. You’ve been with us for so long, and we’ve treated you well.

Theodore, I mentioned the Specter Healer out of respect for you, but I

Not only are you dismissed, but I’ll also ensure you can’t find work in this

Theodore roared

me like that? To see a doctor is one thing, but why put up

Marcus gave a cold laugh

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

finally spoke, “What 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 letting her off

to the police, do you

family to the day she chopped off Wendy’s hand, she acted

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

had come to the same conclusion, feeling a knot of frustration tightening within her. “That wretched

with her, but the real issue at hand is, what do

out that the matriarch had lost her hand,