What’s left of a prince and heir after his home and family have been stripped away from him? Richard Flavia of Dale had it all, once - an entire city with his name on it, thousands of shifters ready to do his bidding, and one of the most powerful families of the Outerworld. Now his legacy has been given away, granting him an unexpected freedom he doesn’t know what to do with. What’s a protector without anything to take care of? Brin had big dreams once. Now, a simple waitress taking care of her young siblings, without so much as a high school diploma to her name, she knows her future holds no flamboyant city, no college degree, no hope. She doesn’t even have time for romance. But then, a brooding hunk lands in their small mountain village, shaking everything she knows to be true to the core.