" Barnabas’s voice helps me drift off to sleep. I think briefly about how I’ve never felt this way about anyone else. I care about my family and friends, but this is a different feeling. This must be how my father feels about my mother. This must be what it feels like to be in love. Somehow, I’m certain.

I know I can’t leave him here to rot. I can’t leave him at all. "

― Kris Noel , The Serenity Compound