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 capable of such

“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

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

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

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

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

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

idol, and he would not stand someone disrespecting

a doctor, after all. Billions? As if he’s some kind of deity. If

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, and we’ve treated you

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

The Boyd family can find 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

Theodore roared

me like that? To see a doctor is

laugh and

but Hayden held him back. “Theodore, now’s not

the police? Vivienne has done us so much harm;

“If we could have gone to the police, do you think we would have

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

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

same conclusion, feeling a knot of frustration tightening

the real issue at hand is, what do

If word got out that the matriarch had lost her hand, there would be those who would dig deeper, which would spell trouble for the Boyds.Books Chapters Are Daily