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 fact, there’s no hospital in the country capable of such a

continued, “There 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 just a few needles. However, the Specter Healer is elusive – finding

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 the Boyd family

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

offer him a high enough price, why

anyway. But the Boyd family still relied on Wendy’s guidance, and losing

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

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

his idol, and he

taken aback, feeling annoyed. “He’s just a doctor, after all. Billions? As if he’s some kind of deity. If he doesn’t

my leave. Oh, and by the way, I’ll resign

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

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

only are you dismissed, but I’ll also ensure you can’t find work in this field as long

up!” Theodore roared

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

cold laugh and left

to lash out at Teresa, but Hayden held him back. “Theodore, now’s not the time

who had 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 off

to the police, do you think we would have waited this

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

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 were to expose something that could ruin the Boyds, the

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

the real issue at

lid on the incident, 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