Oraya

Oraya is one of two narrators and Raihn’s wife. While he considers Oraya to be his queen, she struggles between her love for him and her anger after he killed her father, Vincent, to take the crown. Over the course of the novel as Oraya processes her father’s abuse and cruelty, she realizes that he needed to be overthrown or the world would never move on. This leads to her rekindling her relationship with Raihn and agreeing to be his Queen officially, but only after he promises that she will be his equal.

While Oraya’s romance with Raihn is at the forefront of the story, her memories of Vincent cause much of Oraya’s internal conflict. At first, she hates Raihn for killing him. However, it becomes clear that her grief is much more complicated as she recognizes her father’s cruel decisions, disregard for...