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.

“My skills are insufficient to reattach it. In fact, there’s no

to reattach limbs. There was once a man paralyzed for

skills, capable of not only reattaching limbs but also of snatching lives back from the jaws of death. If we could get him here,

Marcus shook his head. “Specter Healer is quite unpredictable, and he

you saying? If we offer him a high

her twilight years anyway. But the Boyd family still relied on Wendy’s guidance, and losing her influence would be detrimental to their standing in Sea City,

word got out that it was Vivienne, Wendy’s granddaughter-in-law, who had maimed her, it would not

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 tens of billions to

and he would not stand someone disrespecting

all. Billions? As if he’s some kind of deity. If he doesn’t want

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

care. You’ve been with us for so long, and we’ve

out of respect for you, but I did not expect your wife to

go! The Boyd family can find another doctor easily enough! Not 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. No hospital will dare

up!” Theodore

that? To see a doctor is

a cold laugh

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

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

we could have gone to the police, do you think

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

Boyd family had managed to keep their stronghold 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

conclusion, feeling a knot of frustration tightening within her. “That wretched girl has played us, yet we’re powerless

issue at hand is, what do

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