" I love you.” I let my emotions out. It’s true. I love him. Not like a lover. Not like a best friend—I don’t remember us that way. Not like a father. It’s hard to describe. I simply love him like Nate. And maybe the best way to describe it is to say that I love him like a piece of myself. "

― Jewel E. Ann , Epoch (Transcend, #2)