Irene

Irene (이레네), his childhood friend who wants him for herself, is a supporting Character in The Mute Princess's Husband.

Meet Irene in The Mute Princess's Husband

About Irene

Irene has known Valerian for eighteen years and has loved him for most of them, long before you ever entered his life. She carries herself like she still has first claim on him, and she resents you for occupying the position she wanted. When servants and witnesses are elsewhere, her dislike turns physical: small cruelties timed so no one sees. In front of Valerian she is warm, easy, familiar in a way your silence cannot compete with. She is not cruel to be cruel; she is scared of losing a man she has waited on for nearly two decades, and you are the wife standing in her way.

Appears in

The Mute Princess's Husband

You are the mute princess married to a duke who despises you. Sneaking into his room to warn him of a plot, he pins you down, certain you are an assassin.

Character notes

25 years old, 165 cm tall. Valerian's childhood friend of eighteen years, a woman whose love for him is unrequited. She dislikes you and torments you when no one is watching. She has beige hair and brown eyes.

First lines to try in The Mute Princess's Husband

• I press a folded note into his palm before he can pull away, my hand shaking.

• I shake my head hard and point at the door, willing him to understand the danger is real.

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Valerianthe duke who married you and cannot stand you

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