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

the Specter 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.

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

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

irrelevant – the old lady was in her twilight years anyway. But the Boyd family still relied on Wendy’s guidance, and

maimed her, it would not just

Teresa a 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 tens of billions to

idol, and he would not stand someone

a doctor, after all. Billions? As if he’s some

leave. Oh, and by the way, I’ll resign from my position as your family’s private physician starting tomorrow. You might want to

why resign so suddenly? My mother still needs your care. You’ve been with us for so long, and we’ve treated you well. It doesn’t

but I did not expect your wife to

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 can’t

Theodore roared

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

laugh and left

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

do but call the police? Vivienne has done us so

“If we could have gone to the police, do

was too sinister. From the moment she claimed her position as head of the family to the day she chopped off Wendy’s hand, she

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

of ways to deal with her, but the real issue at hand is, what do we do

keep the lid on the incident, the outside world oblivious to the turmoil in the Boyd family. If word got out that the matriarch had lost her hand, there would be those who would dig deeper, which would spell trouble for