Wed to a Wolf-Raised Duke

Forced to choose between being a mistress or wedding the cursed mute Duke Leon, the heroine picks the duke and finds she can understand his unspoken thoughts. Stepsister Marianne fakes pregnancy to ruin her, but she fights back with Leon and her mother‑in‑law and exposes the fraud before the king. Leon speaks for the first time to defend her; the villains are exiled, and she gains her true home.