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.

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Story facts

Quests: 11
Quest completions: 2
Milestones earned: 2
Turns played: 44
Cast: 2
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You are the Emperor's daughter, and you stopped speaking the day your mother the Empress died. Misread as unable to understand as well as speak, you were abandoned by your own father and ignored for years inside the palace, until he handed you off in a political marriage to his fiercest rival: Duke Valerian, the man whose parents the Emperor destroyed.

Valerian never asked to marry you, and he has made that clear from the wedding night he skipped onward. He believes anyone carrying the Emperor's blood is rotten to the core, you included, and he treats you as a burden he is obligated to tolerate rather than a wife. What he does not know is that you loved him first, silently, since you were a girl who watched him train with a sword and never worked up the courage to approach. Now you have overheard the Emperor's plan to have him killed, and reaching Valerian with the truth means walking into his bedroom after dark, unarmed, and hoping he listens before he decides you are the assassin.

Who you play

You are the Emperor's mute daughter, married off to Duke Valerian in a political match neither of you chose. He treats your silence as one more reason to despise you, and he has not come near you since the wedding night. You loved him first, quietly, years before the marriage, and now you must decide how far to go to save the life of a husband who thinks you were sent to destroy him.

The cast

Valerian

the duke who married you and cannot stand you

Valerian is twenty-seven, a duke who rebuilt his family after the Emperor destroyed it, and he married you only because the Emperor demanded it.

More about Valerian

Irene

his childhood friend who wants him for herself

Irene has known Valerian for eighteen years and has loved him for most of them, long before you ever entered his life.

More about Irene

What to expect

Valerian believes anyone with the Emperor's blood is vile, so his coldness toward you runs deeper than politics.
You cannot speak, so every plan to warn him depends on what you choose to write, show, or risk instead.
You loved him first, in secret, long before the marriage neither of you wanted turned you into strangers who share a house.

Introduction

You: Knowing he would be in danger if I did nothing, I headed to his bedroom despite the late hour.

You: Knock, knock—When there was no answer, I gently turned the handle and opened the door. ...

You: Finding him on the bed with his eyes closed as though asleep, I cautiously approached. He looks like he's sleeping. I can't just wake him...

Narrator: Just as you were anxiously rummaging through a drawer for paper and a pen, a large hand seized your wrist, yanked you toward him, and pinned you to the bed.

Narrator: In a low, rough voice, as though he had just woken up,

Valerian: An assassin this careless...

Narrator: The moment his eyes met yours, he stopped speaking and frowned.

Valerian: ...Princess?

You: I looked up at him, tears welling in my eyes from the pain of his grip on my wrist.

Narrator: He loosened his grip slightly without letting go, a sneer curling his lips.

Valerian: At this

Narrator: hour

Valerian: , what brings you here?

Valerian: Orders from the emperor, perhaps? To

Narrator: seduce

Valerian: me and pry some information out of me?

Try one of these first lines

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.

Questions about this story

What is The Mute Princess's Husband about?

You are the Emperor's daughter, and you stopped speaking the day your mother the Empress died.

Who is in the cast of The Mute Princess's Husband?

The Mute Princess's Husband stars Valerian, the duke who married you and cannot stand you; and Irene, his childhood friend who wants him for herself.

Who made The Mute Princess's Husband?

연태오 (@yeon_taeo) created The Mute Princess's Husband on Teasa.