She believed that even her brother knew about her intentions and was supporting her from the shadows as he created more opportunities for the two of them to be together at countless occasions.
But it turned out that even her big brother had betrayed her and had set the wedding dates for Zach and Clara despite knowing how she felt about him.
She had been foolishly thinking that Zach and Clara's impending news had only been a ruse and the public was giving air to the rumor. She thought that it was the strategy of the Windsor family to protect Zach, therefore she had not paid much attention to the public musings about the relationship between the young lady of the Windsor family and Zach Smith; the supposed son of the dark mage Wood Smith.
Only now did she come to understand that she had been played. The inside story had only been revealed after the arrival of Christina.