Love is not for everyone. Some people are lucky enough to find it while some are just fortunate enough to witness people experience it. You can't really tell whether or not the latter is a fortunate thing though.
That had been the life of Christabel ever since she could remember. The lack of maternal love within her family will break her and the experience of new love will break her even more.
The question is, will it break her old shell and make her new? Or will it break her and utterly destroy her?