Chapter 63

Bella's POV

Arona stood tall with a hand on her hip, ready for her showdown-like ways. Chad held me closer to his side, but I pulled myself free and stood before him. Lava was running through my veins. She had no right to talk about my family. I looked at her fiercely, waiting for her reply. I saw Jasper with the corner of my eye, lifting his glass towards me in a toast.

"Well, Alpha of Keladia, how would you like to know that while you were risking your lives on the battlefield, the cowardly Lockwoods were hiding?!" Arona said, faking indignation. A collection of gasps from the Lunas echoed in the packed restaurant. Chad held me by the arm because he surely saw I was about to pounce on the lying snake.

"That's right, my dear Lunas. While your men were dying for your country, protecting your freedom, the Lockwoods were doing nothing." She cackled. "No wonder they always came back victorious from war. They were never in battle!" Arona looked around the room with a smug smile. Sh