
The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King continues Oraya’s story in the aftermath of the Kejari: her father Vincent is dead, the House of Night has been seized, and Oraya is trapped in a marriage to Raihn—the former slave who overthrew her kingdom to save her life. As rebellion spreads through Sivrinaj and the Hiaj refuse to bend, Oraya claws her way from grief to action, discovering that her blood and her Heir Mark grant her access to secrets Vincent hid from everyone.
While Raihn struggles to rule a court that despises him, a Bloodborn prince, Septimus, tightens his grip on the fragile new regime—dangling military support and hunting ancient god-forged power. Oraya and Raihn are forced into dangerous alliances, betrayals, and war, until a final confrontation reshapes not only the throne of the House of Night, but the very lineage of its Heirs.