Book excerpt: If there's anything I've learned, anything at all, it's that monsters are real, and we break before we fall. Walk inside an anxious mind, see if you can race me to the end. Some monsters come to protect and some come only to destroy again. We can befriend the monsters, you, me, and We. Allow me your eyes for a moment and try your hardest not to flee. We remember together. We run together. We teach Death that She's never been welcome inside the time She has stolen. Me, We, Pain, Pound, and Rayne. Ardavana blankets us all. She whispered to me that she's glad you came. Monsters are real. And I am tired of running from them. If I am afraid, then there's reason to fear. But come inside and look at them long enough, discover which face you might find in the mirror.