"I really love it here," Bae told Armel. "Sometimes, I have brief moments where I wish I wasn't Kumari and we could just stay like this forever."

"Except Bae, we may never have met if you were not Kumari. You probably would have had to go and marry some prince from Kumai and become their reigning princess and we'd never have met. Unless you're telling me, you'd give up your family and everything for me?"

"I don't know what I'm saying," her voice lacked its usual lilt. "I never ...