Chapter 39

Christina's POV I spent the whole day walking circles in my flat, my mind spinning with everything I had to figure out. The choice ahead of me felt overwhelming. Marriage wasn't like ordering takeout. You couldn't just say "not feeling it tonight" and try a different restaurant tomorrow. If Hudson were just another Alpha with a decent territory and halfway-decent leadership skills, I might've jumped in headfirst. But he wasn't. He was Hudson bloody Laurent. Alpha of the Sabreridge pack,the most powerful wolf pack in the North. As in Laurent Global Holdings, Laurent Towers, Laurent being-on-the-news-for-buying-a-small-country kind of Laurent. I was still overthinking everything on my couch when Ysolde called, her voice so loud I had to hold the phone away from my ear, "Stop wallowing. We're going out for drinks. This isn't optional." She didn't need to be so dramatic about it, but whatever. I could use a distraction. And maybe a bit of tequila would help shut up that voice in my head ob