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 in the country capable of

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

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,

Healer is quite unpredictable, and he doesn’t treat

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

her, whether Wendy’s hand could 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

it would not just be

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 turned away based

his idol, and he

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

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

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

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

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

up!” Theodore roared at

that? To see a doctor is one thing,

a cold laugh and left without another

at Teresa, but Hayden held him back. “Theodore, now’s

who had been silent, finally spoke, “What else can we do but call the police? Vivienne has done

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

family to the day she

were far from clean. They were still puzzled about Vivienne’s true intentions, and going to the police

tightening within her. “That wretched girl

deal with her, but the real issue at hand is, what do we do about Mom’s hand?”

outside world oblivious to the turmoil in the Boyd family. If word got out that the matriarch had lost her