Tristan Montgomery was finally ready to take his rightful place at the Vampire King's throne after his father, The great William Montgomery is ready for retirement but before he can claim his position he has to go through a mandatory trial of visiting each of the most prominent dukedoms in his kingdom in the guise of a commoner to identify his people's needs on a personal level. When he faces his mate in one of those dukedoms and she turns out to be the duke's daughter, he couldn't be more delighted however the feeling wasn't mutual and the poor prince is rejected as the Lady believes him to be of a low station in life, not worthy of her. Tristan leaves broken hearted without revealing his identity and vowing to rule without a queen by his side. But fate had different plans and as the Prince plans his journey to the second dukedom he didn't account for the chance encounter with a beautiful and fiery human servant, Silvia. Both collide with a torrent of passion which initiates with hate but leads to something deeper. Join Tristan on his journey to self-discovery and love!