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.

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

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

skills, capable of not only reattaching limbs but also of snatching lives back from the

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

are you saying? If we offer him a high enough price,

the old lady was in her twilight years anyway. But the Boyd family still relied on

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

Countless wealthy families

idol, and he would

if he’s some kind of deity. If he doesn’t want to come, we don’t need

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

needs your care. You’ve been with us for so long, and we’ve treated

I did not expect your wife to disparage him so. Since your family

you dismissed, but I’ll also

up!” Theodore

he to talk to me like that? To see a doctor

laugh and left

now’s not the time

been silent, 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 letting her

the police, do you think we would

sinister. From the moment she claimed her position as head of the family to the day she chopped

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 risk

frustration tightening within her. “That wretched girl has played

got plenty of ways to deal with her, but the real issue at

that the matriarch had lost her hand, there would be those who would