Sacrifice Happiness?

The room was in darkness as the room was silent.

The Empress did not know why things were not going on according to her plan. 

As per the Empress's informants, the fifth princess shouldn't have anyone that she loved. 

'She had never interacted with an opposite gender before so where did the lover come from?' 

'Why did Lord Bentham suddenly propose marriage?' 

'It would have been understandable if it was only Lord Bentham, but his father also came in making his stand clear.' 

'They want Princess Cassandra to marry into Bentham Dukedom.'

Thinking more about it the Empress was beyond angry. All of her planning was still. She wanted the princess to get married to one of the families that were loyal to her.