Enemies in the mirror

Rose, knows what she's doing.
She knows what's right and wrong.
Living a life devout to her brother is all that matters to her until she knows that being strong enough to protect him in the shadows won't work for long as he strikes 20. Her brother's 20th birthday, rather than a celebration, is a jolting fear for the Nightingale siblings.
He, that someone who would want to try to take away her life, knows who she is on the very first day of her game of pretendence, a game she was never meant to win anyway.

'Are you afraid of me?' He stared into my eyes as his hands block my movements, like inside a cage, a helpless whimper bellows.

(I am...I hate you... please don't tell anyone...I can't think straight)

All I could come up with was a 'No. Why should I?'.