The Palatine Guards

Early last month, I finished Meg Cabot’s Insatiable. In the book, on of the characters is a part of the this group called the Palatine Guards. The Palatines are a group that are recruited by the Vatican in order to get rid of vampires and to free the victims of the vampires. What struck me about this group was how similar it was to who Van Helsing worked for in the movie Van Helsing, which starred Hugh Jackman and Kate Beckingsale. Did anyone pick up on that? Anyway, that’s what I think.