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.

answering, “My skills are insufficient to reattach it. In fact, there’s no hospital in 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

reattaching limbs but

is quite unpredictable, and he

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

be reattached 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

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

Country offered him a fortune, he did not acquiesce. Countless wealthy families in Veridia have offered tens of billions to secure his services,

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

is out of danger, I’ll take my leave. Oh, and by the way,

been with us for so long, and we’ve treated you

before responding, “Mr. Theodore, I mentioned the Specter Healer out of respect for you, but I

Dr. Marcus turned to leave, Teresa snapped, “If you want to go, then 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

Theodore

a doctor is one thing, but why put up with such insolence?

gave a cold laugh and left

now’s not the time to fight. We need to

else can we do but call the police? Vivienne has done

the police, do you think we would have waited this

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

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 risk

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

ways to deal with her, but the real issue

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 trouble for the