Chapter 15

Christina's POV With a sigh, I answered the call. "Louisa..." My voice was soft, almost apologetic. I could ghost Niall with zero regrets, but Louisa was different.She'd always treated me like family, often better than my actual relatives, and I couldn't bring myself to be cruel to her. She was one of the few who saw the real me instead of just Beatrice's shadow or a convenient replacement. If she was calling now, she probably already knew about the rejection.Either Niall had miraculously grown a spine and told her, or more likely, he'd been his usual cowardly self and she'd sensed something was wrong when I stopped showing up at their pack house. "Christina, darling." Her voice was warm but strained. "How are you?" "I've been better," I replied honestly. "I heard about what happened. Niall is... well, he's being an idiot. He's always been an idiot where you're concerned." So he had told her. Wonders never cease. Or maybe Beatrice had pushed him into it, like she did with everything el