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 fact, there’s no hospital in the country

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

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

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

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

– 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

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

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 to secure his services, only to be turned away based on his whims. Do you really think he’s short

his idol, and he would

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

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

You’ve been with

I did not expect your wife to disparage him so. Since

to leave, Teresa snapped, “If you want to go, then go! The Boyd family can find another doctor easily enough! Not only are you dismissed, but I’ll also ensure you

up!” Theodore roared at

to talk to me like that? To see a doctor is one thing, but why put up with such insolence? What use is he

laugh and left

“Theodore, now’s not the time to fight. We need to figure out what to do about

we do but call the police? Vivienne has done us so much harm; if

could have gone to the police, do you think we would have waited this long without

too sinister. 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

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 same conclusion, feeling a knot of frustration tightening within her. “That wretched girl has played us, yet

the real issue at hand is, what do we do about Mom’s hand?”

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