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.

reattach it. In fact, there’s no hospital in the country

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

limbs but also of snatching lives back from the jaws of death. If we could get

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

offer him

reattached was irrelevant – the old lady was in her twilight years anyway. But the Boyd family still relied

maimed her, it would not just be Vivienne who suffered the repercussions; the entire Boyd

even when the royals of Flence Country offered him a fortune, he did not acquiesce. Countless wealthy

idol, and he

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

take my leave. Oh, and by the way, I’ll resign from my position as your family’s private physician starting tomorrow. You might want

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

Specter Healer out of respect for you, but I did not expect your wife to disparage

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

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

a cold laugh

him back. “Theodore, now’s not the time to fight.

do but call the police? Vivienne has done us so much harm; if we don’t report her, aren’t

have gone to the police, do you think we

too sinister. From the 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 keep their stronghold 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

frustration tightening within her. “That

to deal with her, but the real issue at hand is, what do

the outside world oblivious to the turmoil in the Boyd family. If word got out that the matriarch had lost her hand, there would be