After five years of marriage, Irene discovered that her marriage to Carlos was fraudulent; his legal wife was actually his sister-in-law Lena, and the two had conspired to defraud her of her property. Irene left, entered into a contract marriage with the comatose King Arthur, and took knights to strip the estate of its belongings. After Arthur awoke, he recognized Irene as the person who had saved his life eight years earlier.