The Girl of Shades

The world is divided by color. Ruled by the god-like Royals with piercing golden hair and eyes. The Reds with hair of blazing shades of red and the Blues with variant blue in their eyes live as equals yet fight to rise to the superior Yellow status. These vibrant colors are an effect of the power each person holds within. And then there's the forgotten gray living in the slums of the royal city, destined to have no power. Its shown in their dull hair and eyes varying from grays to browns.

Aura was born a gray. Her fellow grays have been her family after her parent's abandonment. Yet, she can't shake off the feeling that she is destined for more. Her anger against the unjust world she lives in leads her to sneak into the precious Gold territory. Right in time for the Gold prince, Lucien, to select his queen. It is a yellow exclusive battle. Girls have worked their whole lives to gain their Yellow status to become queen someday. Aubrey wants nothing to do with the Golds who have fated her and her family into a life with no possibilities. A fateful accident drags Aubrey right into the queenly contest. The world goes into shock and chaos when it sees a seemingly invisible gray girl on the path of becoming their queen. Aubrey finds herself in the world of Royals and rebellion, exposed to so many colors, even of her own. This girl symbolizes danger to some and hope to others. Now is her shot to fulfill her own destiny, not for herself alone, but her world.