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.

Marcus pondered momentarily before answering, “My skills are insufficient to reattach it. In fact, there’s no hospital

then 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 him may be next to

skills, capable of not only reattaching limbs but also of snatching lives back from the jaws

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

are you saying? If we offer him a high enough price, why wouldn’t he be

was in her twilight years anyway. But the Boyd family still relied on Wendy’s guidance, and losing her

it would not just be

offered him a fortune, he did not acquiesce. Countless wealthy families

was his idol, and he

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

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

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

easily enough! Not only are you dismissed, but I’ll also ensure you

Theodore roared

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

laugh and

held him back. “Theodore, now’s not the time to fight. We need to

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

we could have gone to the police, do you

family to the day she chopped off Wendy’s hand, she acted

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

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

but the real issue at hand is,

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