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

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,

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 benefit the

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

we offer him a high enough price, why

Boyd family still relied on Wendy’s guidance, and losing her influence would be detrimental to their standing

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

he did not acquiesce. Countless

was his idol, and he would not stand someone

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

the way, I’ll resign from my

still needs your care. You’ve been with us for so long, and we’ve treated you well. It doesn’t seem right to

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 no

Teresa snapped, “If you want to go, then go! The Boyd family can find another doctor easily enough! Not only are you

Theodore roared at

that? To see a doctor is one thing, but why put up

gave a cold laugh and

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

police? Vivienne has done us so much harm; if we don’t report her, aren’t we just letting

do you think we

she claimed her position as head of the family to the day she

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

had come to the same conclusion, feeling a knot of frustration tightening within her. “That wretched girl has played us,

her, but the real issue at hand is,

in the Boyd family. If word got out that the matriarch had lost her hand, there would be those who would dig deeper, which