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 no hospital in the country

“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

in, “I’ve heard of the Specter Healer too. They say he’s over 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

shook his head. “Specter Healer is quite unpredictable, and he

scoffed. “What are you saying? If we offer him a high enough price, why wouldn’t he

But the Boyd family still relied on Wendy’s guidance,

would not just be Vivienne who suffered the repercussions;

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

Healer was his idol, and he

feeling annoyed. “He’s just a doctor, after all. Billions? As if he’s some kind of deity. If he doesn’t want to come, we don’t

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

resign so suddenly? My mother still needs your care. You’ve been with us for

the Specter Healer out of respect for you, but I did not expect your wife to disparage him so. Since

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

up!” Theodore

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

a cold laugh and left

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

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

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

the day she chopped off Wendy’s hand, she acted without fear as if the police meant

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

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

with her, but the real issue at hand is,

the Boyd family. If word got out that the matriarch had lost her hand, there would