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.

to reattach it. In fact, there’s

paused, then continued, “There is someone I’ve heard of, 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

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,

head. “Specter Healer is quite unpredictable,

him a high enough

in her twilight years anyway. But the Boyd family still relied on Wendy’s guidance, and losing her influence would be detrimental to

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

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

was his idol, and he would not stand someone disrespecting

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

by the way, I’ll resign from my

care. You’ve been with us for

out of respect for you, but I did not expect your

you

Theodore roared

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

gave a cold laugh and left

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

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 letting

to the police, do you think

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

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

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

but the real issue at hand is, what do we do about

on the incident, the outside world oblivious to the turmoil in the Boyd family. If word got out that the matriarch had