Prologue

Crown Prince Kaito II of the Eastern Commonwealth was first welcomed into the world in the morning of the 31st day of December 138 T.E. at 9:47am. Kai smiled as he lifted his newborn son into his arms, smiling widely at his chubby little cheeks. His eyes were open slightly and Kai could see a hint of warm brown. His little hands were curled into fists as he cried.

Cinder was only just awake from the anaesthetics that the doctors gave her for the operation. She sat up slightly and winced at the pain in her abdomen.

"What should we name him, Kai?" she crooned, cuddling the newborn.

"I don't know." he smiled, leaning over and stroking the newborn's cheeks.

"How about 'Kai' after you?" Cinder smiled. "I have a feeling that he's going to be just as handsome as his dad."

"I was thinking 'Rikan' after my father." Kai suggested. "I'm not that self-absorbed."

"Please, Kai?" Cinder pouted. "You already named our daughters. It's my turn now."

It was true that Kai named their twin daughters already, naming them Kyra and Miko. The two-year-old girls were back in the nursery with Iko and a nurse.

A doctor - Fateen - walked in with a portscreen, her long black braid swinging as she entered. "Your Imperial Majesties, have you decided the name for the crown prince?"

"Yes, Fateen." Kai said. "He will be named Kaito II, Crown Prince of the Eastern Commonwealth."