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.

In fact, there’s no hospital in the country

Healer, who is said to have the skill to reattach limbs. There was once a man paralyzed for ten years whom he helped

old and possesses exceptional medical skills, capable of not only reattaching limbs but also of snatching lives back from the jaws of

“Specter Healer is quite unpredictable, and he doesn’t

are you saying? If we offer him a high enough price, why wouldn’t

But the Boyd family still relied

Wendy’s granddaughter-in-law, who had maimed her, it would not just be Vivienne who suffered the repercussions; the

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

Healer was his idol, and he would not stand someone disrespecting

aback, feeling annoyed. “He’s just a doctor, after all. Billions? As if he’s some kind of deity. If he

way, I’ll resign from my

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

Specter Healer out of respect for you, but I

are you dismissed, but

up!” Theodore roared

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

gave a cold laugh

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

who had 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

Hayden cursed. “If we could have gone to the police, do you think we would have waited

was too sinister. From the moment she claimed her position as head of the family to the day

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

had come to the same conclusion, feeling a knot of frustration tightening within her. “That

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

to 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