ɪ ᴀᴍ ꜱᴏʀʀʏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪᴛ ᴛᴏᴏᴋ ᴍᴇ ꜱᴏ ʟᴏɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ᴛʜɪꜱ ʙᴏᴏᴋ. ɪ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ɪᴛ ʜᴀꜱ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴀʟᴍᴏꜱᴛ 3 ᴅᴀʏꜱ. ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ Qᴜɪᴛᴇ ʙᴜꜱʏ. ɪ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴍɪɢʜᴛ ꜱᴏᴜɴᴅ ʙᴀᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀʟʟ, ʙᴜᴛ ɪ ᴜꜱᴜᴀʟʟʏ ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ᴍʏ ᴍᴏꜱᴛ ᴘᴏᴘᴜʟᴀʀ ꜱᴛᴏʀʏ ꜰɪʀꜱᴛ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴏʀɪɢɪɴᴀʟ ʜᴇʀᴇᴛɪᴄ ɢᴇᴛꜱ ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏ ꜱɪɴɢʟᴇ ᴅᴀʏ, ɴᴏ ᴍᴀᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴡʜᴀᴛ. ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴀʟᴡᴀʏꜱ ꜰɪɴᴅ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀꜱᴛʀɪᴅ ʟᴏʟ. ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴠᴀᴍᴘɪʀᴇ ᴅɪᴀʀɪᴇꜱ, ɢᴏ ᴄʜᴇᴄᴋ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ꜱᴛᴏʀʏ ᴏᴜᴛ. ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ᴀʟꜱᴏ ᴀ ᴘᴏʟʏᴀᴍᴏʀᴏᴜꜱ ꜱᴛᴏʀʏ. ɪꜰ ᴛʜɪꜱ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ɢᴇᴛꜱ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ʟᴏᴠᴇ, ɪ ᴍᴀʏ ᴛʀʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʜᴇʀ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴏꜰᴛᴇɴ. ꜱᴏʀʀʏ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀᴛᴇɴᴇꜱꜱ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜ, ɪ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴏꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜɪꜱ ꜱᴛᴏʀʏ. ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀꜱᴛᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɴᴏʙᴏᴅʏ ᴡɪʟʟ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴛʜɪꜱ ꜱᴛᴏʀʏ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴍʏꜱᴇʟꜰ. ɪ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡɪʟʟ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ɪ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪɴ ᴀ ꜰᴇᴡ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀꜱ.

ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴛᴏʀʏ ᴅᴏᴇꜱ ꜰᴏʟʟᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏʀɪɢɪɴᴀʟ ᴛɪᴍᴇʟɪɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱʜᴏᴡ, ꜱᴏ ɪᴛ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴀ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ʙᴇꜰᴏʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏɴꜰʀᴏɴᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏɴꜰʀᴏɴᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴍᴀʏ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ʙᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴇᴄᴏɴᴅ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴘʟᴀɴɴᴇᴅ. ᴡᴇ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴡᴀɪᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴇᴇ ɪꜰ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴘʟᴀɴɴᴇᴅ ᴄᴀɴ ꜰɪᴛ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜɪꜱ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ᴡɪʟʟ ꜰɪᴛ ɪɴ ʟᴇꜱꜱ ᴛʜᴀɴ ¹⁰⁰ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀꜱ ʟᴏʟ. ɪᴛ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴀ ᴠᴇʀʏ ʟᴏɴɢ ʙᴏᴏᴋ, ɪ ᴘʀᴏᴍɪꜱᴇ ʏᴏᴜ.

The rush of power that I felt was almost indescribable, the euphoria hitting me as I watched the bitch burn in the fireplace. Athenodora screamed as the rest of her soul sister was burned, ending her immortal life. The pair had been caught, and my wrath would be their punishment. The blonde woman stood there in fear, the rest of her new coven making their way in the throne room, hissing as they heard Sulpicia burn.

Letting out a small giggle, I give Athenodora a demented smile. Nobody messes with my coven, little whore.

"How dare you kill one of our own without cause?" the supposed leader questions me. I laugh out loud and sigh, turning my head to him and pouting like a young child would. "You say that you are not above the law, but you kill without evidence! You had no proof!"

"Oh, but we did," I leave Athenodora's side to stare directly at the darker skinned man, who was stepping towards me in an aggressive stance. Aro came to my side, giving the leader of the Yemen Coven a growl at his apparent aggression towards his mate and queen. His red eyes stared into mine, him trying to intimidate me with his size. Oh, he had size, but I had the strength of a newborn vampire and previous self defense training.

"No, you didn't! I heard you, Queen Annalise of the Volturi, Sulpicia said that you never touched her, that Aro had not touched her skin! That is how Aro's power works! You are not gifted!" The man makes baseless claims that I was in fact like Caius, not having a gift of my own. Aro let out a deep laugh full of malice and hatred. Arif is the man in front of you. He believes you to be a danger and will try and fight back if you order his demise. His name means knowledgeable. Arif was turned in 1765 by a woman named Afina. He killed her to gain control of the Yemen Coven. He was friends with Lukas.

The man certainly did have deep rooted hatred for my coven. "Arif, I don't think that you understand the gift that I hold. My gift developed when I was questioning Lukas. You see, unlike you and your namesake, I have the gift of knowledge. It finds me, whispering to me in my head," I explain to the man, who did not seem to believe me.

"You liar! You are a ruthless queen who kills without cause!" The man exclaims to fill his own agenda and beliefs. Many of the guards, including Demetri and Felix, had come to the throne room and were now standing at the man's side, making sure that he would not attack their queen.

"Says the man who killed his sire to take control of her coven," I say. The rest of the Yemen Coven had come into the throne room by now, being dragged in by Santiago, Renata, Jane, and Alec. The people of whom he called family gasped. I looked at the people and gave them an apologetic smile. "I am so sorry that you did not know the truth, people of the Yemen Coven. Your leader has deceived you. I will give you a chance, as you have not done anything against the Volturi."

Akila, Aaron, Harb, and Jabir are all a part of the Yemen Coven. They did not know about the Romanians and their work with Arif. They are grieving.

"My queen, we must th- thank you for your mercy," a young man with the same raven hair as my mate thanked me. "We will be forever grateful. I assure you that we are the most loyal to the people that keep us safe and hidden."

Akila and Harb have gifts of their own. Harb has the ability to cause multiple enemies to go into a deep delusion of their worst fears and Akila has the ability to break both physical and mental shields. They are twins and their mates are Aaron and Jabir. They were turned together and are inseparable.

"Ah, Harb and Akila have powers of their own, it seems. I am happy that you have found your mates," I congratulate them on finding their true mates, knowing how much happiness it had brought me.

"Yes, we do have powers of our own," a woman with a nicely kept after afro hairstyle comes into my view. I smile at her and motion for her to come forward. She was one of the most beautiful female vampires I had ever met, even topping Rosalie in her natural beauty. While Rosalie often wore makeup, this woman wore none, showing off her natural beauty and almost glowing skin. "My kings, my twin has the ability to cause our enemies to witness their worst fears in front of them and I can break shields created by others, both the physical and the mental kind."

Aro and Jane both smile at the new knowledge. According to the two of them, they had both been bested by the shield that was Isabella Swan. Now, here in front of us, was someone that could break that shield down, allowing their gifts to be used against my former friend. I just hoped that it would never come to that. Deep inside I knew that she would hate me forever for choosing love over her.

What a hypocrite, she was. She always chose Edward over me, claiming that true love was the cause of her actions.

"Harb, Akila, I would like to offer you a choice," I begin. Aro gives me a dark smirk, knowing where I was going with this. "You can either go off with your mates and try to rebuild your coven, which would be perfectly fine in my eyes. Afir must be destroyed for his treason and disrespect towards me. He also killed your former coven leader. While it may be a crime, it is cruel and awful," I drone on, "Or you can join us, the Volturi. Your gifts are powerful, whether or not we have seen them is unimportant. I know that you would do well in this coven. We are a coven. You could even take places as members of the Elite Guard if you so wished, you are just as powerful."

"What of our true mates? They have no powers of their own," Akila's voice hitches in worry. I put a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"They will be with you. I know how much a true mate means to a vampire. We have other jobs that can be filled for vampires with no gifts," I say. This knowledge seems to calm the Yemeni people in the room, apart from Afir, who is furious.

"You can not kill me for this! I was trying to protect my coven! We are family!" Afir screams, hysteria coating his poisonous words. A man in a dark green coat comes forward. Aaron.

"You murdered Afina! She was kind. She was honest. She never did anything to hurt other vampires! She took you in when you were dying and you just killed her? You call us family, but you betrayed us! You said that she was killed by a rogue newborn! Afina was the kindest vampire I'd ever met. I was proud to call her my sire and mother. She was our mother!" Aaron looks like he's about to cry as he talks about his sire and adoptive mother.

"I did it to protect us!" Afir claims.

"No! You're a power hungry monster who hates anyone who tells you what to do! Afina wanted us to follow the rules of the Volturi. You're the only one who hates the Volturi, Afir. You hate that Lukas had to be destroyed. He killed huge families! He clearly wanted to die, Afir, get over it!" Aaron says to his leader, then turning to face me. "If we have a chance to be here, Akila and I will take it. Jabir, brother, come with us."

"Harb and I have always followed you, have we not, brother?" Jabir smirks and holds Harb's hand. Caius and Marcus smile. They always liked having mated pairs in the Volturi, it made us much stronger than just having one half of a soul inside of our home.

Caius and Marcus come off of their thrones, walking down to where everyone was talking with smiles plastered on their pale faces. Caius almost shoves Aro out of the way as he shakes hands with some of the new members of his coven. Aro whispers a growl under his breath. Marcus is just laughing softly at the exchange.

Alec grinned at Athenodora, who had stayed silent during the exchange, and ripped her apart as Felix watched with glee in his red eyes, coming over to help throw out her remains to the fire. Out of the corner of my eye I could see the guards in the room cheering them on silently, their eyes shifting to the scene with smiles on their immortal faces. Things were going to be good in the Volturi Coven. It was a time for joy.

We had gained some new members for this little family of ours.

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The new members of our guard and relations center were doing quite well. The new set of twins had grown quite close with Jane and Alec, who were well known as the witch twins outside of the Volturi.

It had been over 2 months since I had last seen or heard from any of the Cullens, so I decided that I would write my favorite people some letters. In Italian for Carlisle, of course, because that was just what we did.

Dear Rose,

I have missed you dearly. About a month ago, I decided that it would be the best for me to turn. Not only did it make relations with my mates and guard so much less complicated, I would also be stronger and able to defend myself. After I turned, I found out that I had a gift.

I have the gift of just knowing. I look at someone and I have this voice in my head that tells me things about them. It sometimes works with objects. Sometimes I can ask myself things and the voice will tell me the relevant answer. It's really cool, but the voice kind of sounds like me, but if I was possessed by some sort of demonic creature. Scared the shit out of the first time. If I could cry, I would have cried.

Immortality is much different than I would have imagined. Not only do I feel strong, I feel more like myself. My confidence and self esteem is much better than it used to be. The ADHD didn't go away. Aro thinks that the disorder has to do with how my brain works and that it isn't something to be ashamed of. I'm not ashamed, but I wish that I could focus better.

I hope that everything in your life is going well. If anything happens, I got a new phone. My number is ##########

Yours truly,

Annalise Volturi (Even if we aren't married.Yet.)

The next letter that had to go out was the one to Carlisle, my father figure and friend.

Dear Carlisle,

Things have changed so much that I don't even know where to begin. I know that you have things to do, people to save and as such, I will not uselessly fill your time with my ramblings as I would normally do.

A year ago I would never have guessed that I would be a part of a world like this. Now that I am, I decided that I would take the big step. I was changed a month ago, Marcus being my sire. It was just as painful as everyone described. Too bad I had to chicken out during the last bit, having Alec use his gift on me. Immortality is different. I admire your skill with control, but I am afraid that I will be eating humans from now on. Animals are going extinct and humans are overpopulated, just survival of the fittest at this point.

During my time as an immortal I have developed a gift. A knack for finding things out. I look at someone and I get things told to me via a voice deep within my head. Marcus believes that this is the part of my vampire that holds my bonds, the one that is attached to my soul. I'll have to believe him for now, he is the only one that can see this bond.

I hope that you and Esme are doing well in Forks. I do believe that I will have to come back at some point to grab my stuff. I promise that I am no threat to the people of Forks. My mates have been teaching me control and I am able to be around the scent of blood already. Caius accidentally spilled a blood bag all over himself yesterday. It was quite funny to watch.

Forever a friend,

Annalise Volturi

The last letter would have to go out to Jasper, who I had not received a letter from yet. He deserved to know about how life was. After all, he and I were very close before the Volturi happened.

Dear Jaz,

I miss you. I know that this should be obvious, but it is the truth. I miss having you around at school. Hell, I kind of miss school. You probably don't, you've must have gone to school multiple times already.

I turned. Yipee! I'm now one of you. You shouldn't have to resist my blood anymore because, well, I have none. Marcus sired me about a month ago. I'm still getting used to immortality and stuff. I'm always super hungry. When I get hungry, you know that I roll. My mates hate it. They call it my form of torturing them into feeding me. I don't get why, I'll just be on their lap and rolling around. It can't be that bad! They're just dramatic.

Anyways, I have a gift. Honestly, it's kind of like Aro's. I can like get knowledge from some all knowing voice in my head. Do you think that it's me? It could be some goddess or something. All I have to do is hear or see someone for it to work. It sounds borderline demonic. You can guess my reaction when I hear a demonic voice in my head while in my first trial, telling me all of the shit that this guy named Lukas did. Terrifying. Never want it to burst my bubble like that again.

How are you and Alice doing? I know that she probably hates me still for leaving Forks and stuff, but I still need to ask since she's your wife and you love her.

You better reply to me Major,

Annalise Volturi :)

I laugh as Aro wraps his arms around me. He looks to the letters I have written and smiles at them. "Il mio amore, you have beautiful handwriting," my mate compliments. I laugh and quickly seal all of my letters. Supernatural speed does have its perks.

"I'll send them with my beautiful handwriting. I haven't talked to the Cullens in a long time. I miss them," I admit. Aro kisses my forehead and allows me to get up to take the letters to the mailbox. I guess that things are finally settling down now.