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 capable of such a

said to have the skill to reattach limbs. There was once a man paralyzed for ten years whom he helped to stand again with

but also of

is quite unpredictable,

“What are you saying? If we offer him a high enough

– 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

would not just be Vivienne who suffered the repercussions; the

of Flence 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

and he would not

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

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

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

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

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

Theodore roared

To see a doctor is one thing, but why put up with such insolence? What use is he

gave a cold laugh and left

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

the police? Vivienne has done us so much harm; if we don’t report

cursed. “If we could have gone to the police, do you think we would have waited this long

head of the family to the day she chopped off Wendy’s hand, she acted without fear as if the police meant nothing

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

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

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