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 Specter Healer, who is said to have the skill to reattach limbs. There was once a man paralyzed for ten

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 would not only save Mom but also benefit

Healer is quite

scoffed. “What are you saying? If we offer him a high enough price,

old lady was in her twilight years anyway. But the Boyd family still relied

that it was Vivienne, Wendy’s granddaughter-in-law, who had maimed her, it would not

fortune, he did not acquiesce. Countless wealthy families in

idol, and he

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

the way, I’ll resign from my position as your family’s private physician

care. You’ve been with us

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

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 has any

up!” Theodore roared at

like that? To see a doctor is

gave a cold laugh

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

call the police? Vivienne has

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

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

keep their stronghold in Sea City through the years, though their hands were far from clean. They were still puzzled about Vivienne’s true intentions, and going

feeling a knot of frustration tightening

to deal with her, but the real issue at hand is, what do we do

keep the lid on the incident, the outside world oblivious to the turmoil in the Boyd family. If word got out that the matriarch had lost