Iridescent - An &TEAM Nicholas AU

𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱. 𝗟𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆.

And in the capital, those without either are expected to know their place.

Kaiah Fenric has no shard, no status, and no reason to be at the Academy. Her admission came quietly, tied to her brother's rare ability rather than her own. While the elite train their powers and shape the future, Kaiah cleans lecture halls, studies in silence, and learns how to survive in a system that was never built to notice her.

Nicholas Astrevahn is everything she is not.

The only Iridescent in Lorient, burdened with two powers and the constant attention of the Council, he stands at the top of a hierarchy shaped by control and expectation. A Nullborne stepping into his world should have meant nothing. Instead, Kaiah keeps finding her way into his orbit.

As she's drawn into the lives of nine marked students whose loyalties clash as often as their abilities, the lines between rank, power, and choice begin to shift. Tensions rise. Secrets surface. And the system that defines their world begins to crack.

Because when worth is measured by power alone, even the strongest cannot change a system by themselves.