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.

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

to have the skill to reattach limbs. There was once a man paralyzed for ten years whom he helped to stand again

Specter Healer too. They say he’s over a hundred years old and possesses exceptional medical skills, capable of not only reattaching limbs but also of snatching lives back from the jaws of death. If we could get him here, it would not only save Mom but also

Healer is quite unpredictable, and he doesn’t treat just any

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

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

maimed her, it would not just be Vivienne who

look that bordered 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

was his idol, and he would not

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

I’ll take my leave. Oh, and by the way, I’ll

your care. You’ve been with us for so

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

only are you

up!” Theodore roared at

see a doctor is one thing, but why put up with such insolence? What use is

laugh and left without

Teresa, but Hayden held him back. “Theodore, now’s

been silent, 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

police, do you think we would have waited

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

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

knot of frustration tightening within her. “That wretched girl

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

Boyd family. If word got out that the matriarch had lost her hand, there would be those