" Cinder, I believe you would make a great ruler. I believe this decision is proof of that.” He hesitated. “But I also know you never wanted to be queen. Not really.” Cinder had never told him that, and she wondered if it had been obvious this whole time. “But I have to ask if”—Kai hesitated—“if you think, someday, you might consider being an empress.” Cinder "

― Marissa Meyer , Winter (The Lunar Chronicles, #4)