Narrator
Asterion City liked to pretend its power rested in skyscrapers, old money, and the iron grip of elite families. But the truth - the real truth - was born in quiet rooms like this one.
The Kane estate was unusually still on the night Alexandra entered the world. Servants moved with ceremonial precision. Doors were locked. Curtains closed. And every person present had sworn never to speak of what they were about to witness. The birth of a Kane heir was always a significant event, but this time, there had been hushed messages sent in advance to a group far older and far more secretive: The Elders.
They had been notified the moment Alexandra's mother went into labor. Not of the birth itself - not yet - but simply that the day had come. The Elders appreciated time to prepare. They were, after all, the guardians of a system older than the city, older than every family that swore by it.
The Lumin-Eye System
It was a sacred mechanism woven into the bloodline of Asterion's elite, one that revealed to each newborn a flash of their destined soulmate's eye color. A brief vision, no longer than a blink, but powerful enough to shape entire futures. One flash. One path. One destiny.
That was how it had always worked.
Until Alexandra Kane.
The room was dim, lit only by pale ceremonial lanterns that cast soft rings of light across polished floors. Only a few key witnesses were present - immediate family, two Elders, the attending doctor sworn to silence. Everything was orderly. Controlled. Predictable.
Then Alexandra opened her eyes.
The flash came instantly:
Slate Silver Eyes.
A striking color - uncommon, cold, unforgettable.
Before anyone could exhale, a second flash hit:
Honey Gold Eyes.
Warm. Luminous. A direct contrast to the first.
The room froze.
Two flashes.
That had never happened.
Shock rippled through the witnesses like a fault line cracking open. One nurse dropped her instrument. Alexandra's mother went pale. Her father's expression flickered between fear and calculation. Even the seasoned Elders - men who had spent decades safeguarding the Lumin-Eye traditions - could not mask their alarm.
The Elders stepped forward immediately, exchanging terse whispers in a language only they used during Ceremonies. They ran their tests, murmured ancient diagnostic incantations, examined Alexandra's eyes for lingering traces of the visions.
Nothing made sense.
The anomaly was real - and unexplainable.
After a long deliberation, they could agree on only one thing:
No one outside this room could ever know.
Two soulmate visions meant two possible destinies. Two paths. One promising love… the other ruin. But with no known record of such a phenomenon, even The Elders could not tell which color meant which fate.
And so, the Kane family and The Elders reached a silent pact - an unbreakable vow.
The world would be told that the newborn Kane heir had seen only one vision.
Slate Silver Eyes.
The honey-gold flash was buried in secrecy that very night, locked away in guarded archives and sealed by Elder oath.
No one would be told of the second color.
Not ever.
In the days that followed, the baby's natural eye color settled into light amber, rare and luminous. This alone would have raised questions, but the Kanes were used to managing appearances. They simply claimed it was a unique family trait.
What they could not hide were the gifts.
Amber-eyed children were uncommon but not unheard of; still, the abilities Alexandra developed were anything but ordinary. As she grew, small incidents began to reveal themselves.
A toddler who stared at company reports and babbled predictions that later came true.
A child who felt both her parents' emotions before they voiced them.
A young girl who flinched when others entered the room because their feelings crashed into her like sudden storms.
Business Intuition and Empathic Sensitivity.
Two gifts instead of one.
Impossible - but undeniably real.
By adolescence, her parents understood fully: Alexandra Kane was different. Powerful. Burdened. A living anomaly born from a system that had never made space for exceptions.
And though she did not yet know it, the world had shifted the moment she opened her eyes.
Two flashes.
Two futures.
And a fate no Elder could decipher.
The story of Alexandra Kane had only just begun.