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.

pondered momentarily before answering, “My skills are insufficient to reattach it. In fact, there’s no hospital in the country capable of such a

reattach limbs. There was once a man paralyzed for ten years whom

reattaching limbs but also of snatching lives back from the jaws of death. If we could get him here, it would not

head. “Specter Healer is quite

are you saying? If we offer him

anyway. But the Boyd family still relied on Wendy’s guidance, and losing her influence would be detrimental to their standing in Sea City, a

her, it would not just be

gave Teresa a look that bordered on pity. “With the Specter 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 idol, and he would not stand someone disrespecting

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

I’ll take my leave. Oh, and by the way, I’ll resign from my position as your family’s private physician

your care. You’ve been with us for

before responding, “Mr. Theodore, I mentioned the Specter Healer out of respect for you, but I did not expect your wife to disparage him so.

Not only are you dismissed, but I’ll also ensure you can’t find work in this field as long as the Boyd family has any say. No hospital will

up!” Theodore roared

“Am I wrong? Who is he to talk to me like that? To see a doctor is one thing, but why put up with such insolence? What use is he to

cold laugh and left without

furious, ready 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

the police, do you think we would have waited this long without taking

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

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

a knot of frustration tightening within her. “That wretched girl has played

ways to deal with her, but the real issue

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