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.

it. In fact, there’s no

man paralyzed for ten years whom he helped to stand again with just a few needles. However, the Specter Healer is

medical skills, capable of not only reattaching limbs but also of snatching lives back from the

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

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

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 their standing in Sea City, a prospect Teresa found

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

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 secure his

and he

feeling annoyed. “He’s just a doctor, after all. Billions? As if he’s

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

been with us for so long, and we’ve treated you well. It doesn’t seem right to just

responding, “Mr. Theodore, I mentioned the Specter Healer out of respect for you, but I did not expect your wife to disparage him so. Since your family looks down on doctors, I

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

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

cold laugh and

back. “Theodore, now’s not the time to

been silent, finally spoke, “What else can we do but call the police? Vivienne has done us so much harm;

police, do you think we would have waited

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

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 the police was out of the question. If Vivienne were to expose something that could ruin the Boyds, the risk was

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

ways to deal with her, but the real issue at hand is, what do we do about Mom’s hand?” Theodore said

word got out that the matriarch had lost her