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.

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

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. However, the Specter Healer is elusive – finding him may

chimed in, “I’ve heard of the Specter 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 but also

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

you saying? If we offer him a high

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

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

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

was his idol, and he would not stand

“He’s just a doctor, after all. Billions? As if he’s some kind of deity. If he doesn’t want to come, we don’t

Marcus’s expression darkened. “Since Madam Wendy is out of danger, I’ll take my leave. Oh, and by the way, I’ll resign from my position as your family’s private

You’ve been with us for so long,

Specter Healer out of respect for you, but I did not expect your wife to disparage him so. Since your family looks down on

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 hire

Theodore roared at

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

a cold laugh and left without another

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

finally spoke, “What 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

Hayden cursed. “If we could have gone to the police, do you think we would have waited this long without taking

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 to

hands were far from clean. They were still puzzled about Vivienne’s true intentions, and going to the police was

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

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

If word got out that the matriarch had