The Wicked and the Damned by Rebecca Robinson, the second book in the Dark Inheritance Trilogy, follows Vaasa after she's torn from her husband Reid and dragged back to her homeland in chains, reduced from ruler to political pawn under the control of Ozik, a cunning Zetyr witch who grips her magic tightly. Facing annulment, forced betrothal, and a kingdom that feels alien, she navigates Ozik's schemes to seize power behind the Asteryan throne while her magic flares unpredictably and a cryptic message from her mother hints at a lost necklace that could free her. As a ghost from her past resurfaces among suitors and Reid plots across the sea to reunite with her, Vaasa balances deception, espionage, and desperate bids for control in a web of betrayal where love and survival hang by a thread.