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.

are insufficient to reattach it. In fact, there’s no hospital in the country capable of

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 – finding

but also of snatching lives back from the jaws of death. If we could get him here, it would

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

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

could be reattached was irrelevant – the old lady was in her twilight years anyway. But the Boyd family still relied on Wendy’s guidance, and losing her influence would be detrimental to their standing in Sea City, a prospect Teresa

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

a fortune, he did not acquiesce. Countless wealthy families in Veridia have offered tens of billions to secure his

Healer was his idol, and he would not stand

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

is out of danger, I’ll 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 to look for

My mother still needs your care. You’ve been with us for so long, and we’ve treated you well.

responding, “Mr. Theodore, I mentioned the Specter Healer out of respect for you, but I did not expect your wife to disparage him

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 has any say. No hospital will

up!” Theodore

wrong? Who is he to talk to me like that? To see a doctor is one thing,

laugh and

was furious, ready to lash out at Teresa, but Hayden held him back. “Theodore, now’s not the time to fight. We need to

who had been silent, finally spoke, “What else can we do but call the police? Vivienne has done us

gone to the police, do you think we would have waited this long without

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

of frustration tightening within her. “That wretched girl has played us, yet we’re powerless

her, but the real issue at hand

the outside world oblivious to the turmoil in the Boyd family. If word got out that the matriarch had lost her