Blackened Windows

I was born in a society where everyone's position in life is based on the one thing that can't help me. Eye color is everything, but what good is mine if I can't even see?

Scarlett Easton was was born blind. In the dysfunctional world she lives in, eye color is the standard by which everyone is judged. And apparently, it's not a very good one.
Grey eyes are the lowest of the low. Gristors are servants and slaves whose sole purpose is to make the lives of upper class citizens easier. Brown eyes add up to a Marron; a commoner, a peasant. It only makes sense, since they're the most common. Hazel eyes are equal to class. Those with them, or Avellos, have status, they've got connections, and some fairly decent cash in their pockets. Green eyes make for nobility. Vertiphs, as they're called, receive wealth and power. Those with blue eyes, the Azulaians are royalty, the kings and queens of the 23rd Century.
There is one ranking that stands above all others. This is the order of Aurum. They are gods. The Aurei are the true rulers of the land. An Aureus is granted dominion for the one thing that sets him or her apart: his/her golden eyes.
Scarlett's parents are an exception. Her mother is--or was--an Aureus. She was the love child of an
Aureus and an Avello; the poor demigoddess who fell for the destitute mortal. Her father is a Marron. However, gold, hazel, and brown mix to make a color that is rather unpleasant, as were the results.

My eyes are red. That's a color you won't find on the social color wheel.
Yes, I'm blind, completely and one hundred percent sightless.
My parents were a blunder, and so am I.

So when she's given an opportunity to attend school with the one percent, Scarlett's got a decision to make: does she conform, fade into the crowd, become unseen like the world through her eyes? Or does she finally counter the system that's been blinding her to what really matters?

Number One in the CHROMA Trilogy