*Chapter 4: Rogue Queen Training*
First week in rogue camp, I thought Kael would be nice because he saved me.
He was not nice. He was monster trainer.
"Again!" he shouted.
I was in white wolf form, trying to hold Alpha voice for more than 3 seconds. My throat hurt. My paws were bleeding from running on sharp rocks.
Rogue camp was not like Blood Moon pack house. No kitchen, no cleaning. It was in deep forest, 50 wooden cabins, no walls. Rogues don't have pack house luxury. They have fire, hunt, fight, survive. Children train from age 10 with knives. Women fight same as men.
And now I was their Queen, but they didn't treat me like princess. They treated me like weapon that needs sharpening.
"White Wolf Alpha voice is not like normal Alpha voice," Kael said, circling me. He was in human form, shirt off, showing scars from 100 fights. "Normal Alpha makes wolves obey. White Wolf makes souls obey. You can stop heart if you want. You can heal heart if you want. But you have to control."
I tried again. I howled, trying to make the young rogue boy in front of me kneel.
My voice came out, white light from my mouth: *"KNEEL!"*
Boy knelt instantly, but also his nose bled. I made it too strong.
"Too much! You will kill pups if you do that in real pack!" Kael pulled boy up, gave him water. "Again, softer. Think of mother voice, not warrior voice."
I tried softer. *"Kneel, please."* Nothing happened. Boy laughed.
Kael hit my head gently. "Not please! You are Queen, not omega cleaner asking for extra bread! Command!"
I was angry now. Angry at Kael, angry at Aiden and Jayden, angry at Selena, angry at Robert and Linda who blocked me for 13 years.
I let anger go into voice: *"I SAID KNEEL!"*
This time, not just boy. All 20 rogues training around us knelt, including Kael. Their heads bowed to ground. Birds fell from trees.
I gasped. I did it. My first real White Wolf Alpha command.
Kael stood, smiling proud. "Good. Now healing."
Healing was harder than commanding. He cut his own arm with knife, deep, blood flowing.
"Heal," he said.
I touched his arm with white paws. I didn't know how. Lulu said: _Think of love, not anger. Think of mother, not revenge._
I thought of my mother Elara, who I barely remember, who sang lullaby when I was 3. Who smelled like moon.
White light came from my paws, warm, like moonlight. Kael's cut closed in 5 seconds, no scar.
Rogues gasped. Even Kael looked shocked. "Linda needs herbs and chanting for 10 minutes to heal small cut. You do in 5 seconds."
I was tired, shifted back to human, fell on ground. Kael caught me.
"Rest, Queen. Tomorrow we run 20 miles."
At night, in my cabin, I trained alone too. I looked in mirror, practicing Alpha face. In Blood Moon, I always looked down, shoulders down, like omega should. Now Kael made me stand straight, chin up.
"You are White Wolf. Even when you are human, wolves feel you. If you walk like omega, they treat you like omega."
I practiced walking, talking. My voice still had omega shake, but less.
One night, Kael brought old book. Old rogue witch book, leather, smelling bad.
"This was my mother's. She wrote about White Wolves. Your mother Elara was her friend. Look."
Page had drawing of white wolf with girl like me, white hair streak, blue eyes. Text: _White Wolf Queen will have two gifts: Healing Touch and Death Touch. Healing Touch saves pack. Death Touch kills witches and cursed. She will be mother of new era._
Death Touch? I only healed so far.
Kael closed book. "You will learn death touch when you need it. Not now."
I touched my belly, even though no pups yet. Lulu said: _We will be mother. Strong mother._
One month passed. I was not same girl who fell on kitchen floor. I could run 20 miles without stopping. I could make 50 rogues kneel with one word. I could heal broken leg of rogue child.
My white hair streak now was long, to waist. My eyes always glowing faint.
Kael looked at me one morning and said: "You ready. White Wolf Queen ready. Time to go back to Blood Moon and make them kneel for real."
My heart beat fast. Return? See twins again? See Selena?
I was scared, but Lulu was not: _We are not omega cleaner now. We are Queen. Let them see._
I nodded. "Tomorrow we go."