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.

before answering, “My skills are insufficient to reattach it. In fact, there’s

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

only reattaching limbs but also of snatching

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

are you saying? If we offer him a high

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

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

look that bordered on pity. “With 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

idol, and he would

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

darkened. “Since Madam Wendy is out of danger, I’ll take my leave. Oh, and by the way,

with us for

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

go! 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 the Boyd family has any

Theodore roared

talk to me like that? To see a doctor is one thing, but why put up with such insolence? What use is he

laugh and left without

to lash out at Teresa, but Hayden held him back. “Theodore, now’s not the time to fight. We need to figure out what to do

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

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

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

far from clean. They were still puzzled about Vivienne’s true intentions, and

had come to the same conclusion, feeling a knot of frustration tightening

to deal with her, but the real issue at hand is, what do we do about Mom’s hand?”

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 trouble for the