Ellie was terrified. She had never been so scared in her life. Looking into her brother's brown eyes made her weak at the knees, made her heart pound, made her skin flushed, made her sweat... by now, she'd already acknowledged that her bro wielded an enormous power over her, power only matched by her greatest love, power no brother should ever command over a sister. She was 16 again but only worse, for she knew she was 16 no more, and the boy that was causing her to feel this way was none other than her own brother.
To make matters worse, the predicament was rendering her erratic. Her passive-aggressive behavior with Oliver was hitting new lows, and she knew it. One moment she would be cold, angry, and distant; a moment later, she would be flirting like a common streetwalker. She didn't w
