Book excerpt: Protectors of the innocent, destined to become insane without their mate Keeper of the Veil, Patrick OMalley suffers every time he fails to save an innocent from the demons. Voices of the lost souls swirl in his mind, demanding salvation with every painful whisper. But when he finds Moreen OConnell at the bottom of a cliff, he can no longer deny his passion or his destiny. Can he find the strength to save her? Or will she die at the hands of his enemies?