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

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

a hundred years old 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, it would not only save Mom but also benefit

head. “Specter Healer is quite unpredictable, and

saying? If we offer him

Boyd family still relied on Wendy’s guidance, and losing her influence

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

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

was his idol, and he

all. Billions? As if he’s some kind of deity. If he doesn’t want to come, we don’t

of danger, I’ll take my leave. Oh, and by the way, I’ll resign from my position as

face fell. “Dr. Marcus, why resign so suddenly? My mother still needs your care. You’ve been with us for so long, and we’ve treated you well. It doesn’t seem

“Mr. Theodore, I mentioned the Specter Healer out of respect for you, but I did not expect your wife to disparage him so. Since your family looks down on

Boyd family can find another doctor easily enough! Not only are you dismissed,

up!” Theodore

me like that? To see a doctor is one thing, but why put

laugh and left

held him back. “Theodore, now’s not the time to fight. We need to figure out what to do about this

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

we could have gone to the police, do you

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

hands were far from clean. They were still puzzled about Vivienne’s

a knot of frustration tightening within her. “That wretched girl has played us,

with her, but the real issue at hand is, what

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 those who would dig deeper, which would spell