" The prince nodded, rubbed his chin. “I heard what you told your servant,” he said. “But I want to know what you tell me. While your girl can understand many things about you, I don’t know that she can understand what it is like to be royal, to have duty and obligation foisted upon you when you don’t want it. So, to use your terms, from one amira to one amir, please tell me why you left. "

― Rosetta Bloom , The Princess, the Pea and the Night of Passion (Passion-Filled Fairy Tales #1)