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.

reattach it. In fact, there’s no hospital

There was once a man paralyzed for ten years whom he helped to stand

skills, capable of not only reattaching limbs but also of

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

are you saying? If we offer him

in her twilight years anyway. But the Boyd family still relied

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

Healer’s reputation, even 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 services, only to be

idol, and he would

all. Billions? As if he’s some kind of deity. If he doesn’t

the way, I’ll resign from my position as your family’s private physician starting tomorrow. You

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

Healer out of respect for you, but I did

The Boyd family can find another doctor easily enough! Not only are you dismissed, but I’ll also

Theodore roared at

to talk to me like that? To see a doctor

laugh and

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

Vivienne has done

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

position as head of the family to the day she chopped off Wendy’s hand, she acted without fear as if

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

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

the real issue at hand is, what do we do about

had managed to keep the 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,