"Who's she?" Bella asks pointing to the woman beside the blonde that overlooks the humans, Bella thinks as she looks at the woman that her beauty is nothing compared to Rosalie's. While Rosalie may be beautiful her beauty wasn't anything compared to this vampire's. Just looking at her sends a chill up her spine feeling as if the woman was staring into her soul with those cold calculating eyes.

"That's Annika Volturi" Edward tells her "she is known as the Wicked Queen"

"What makes her wicked?" continuing to look at the painting, somehow wondering how the artist was able to capture this vampires cold and beautiful nature.

"She's cruel and cunning" Edward tells her "you will have to ask Carlisle for more information" looking down at her "time for your birthday" Bella makes a face at the mention of her birthday. But as they walk away Bella can't help but look back at the painting and wonder more about Annika Volturi.

"Carlisle?" Bella asks as they watch Carlisle burn away the blood "Who's Annika Volturi?" Bella watches as Carlisle stiffens at the name "what?"

"Annika Volturi" Carlisle gulps in fear "is the most ruthless and dangerous of the Volturi, she is the mate to Caius and the mother of the witch twins Jane and Alec"

"What makes her the Wicked Queen?" Bella fears what her answer will be

"Many things but to sum it up shortly" Carlisle breathes out "Annika is cunning, devious...she can make even the most powerful vampire cower in fear" looking out the window, Bella sees fear go into his eyes "James might have been sadistic but I can definitely bet that if James was put into a room with Annika...James would cower in fear"

"If she were to know I'm human"

"Pray" Carlisle whips his head to her fast "pray you never meet her"