XVI

About this book

Nina Oberons life is pretty normal: she hangs out with her best friend Sandy and their crew goes to school plays with her little sister Dee. But Nina is 15. And like all girls shell receive a Governing Council-ordered tattoo on her 16th birthday. XVI. Those three letters will be branded on her wrist announcing to all the world - even the most predatory of men - that she is ready for sex. Considered easy prey by some portrayed by the Media as sluts who ask for attacks becoming a "sex-teen" is Ninas worst fear. That is until right before her birthday when Ninas mom is brutally attacked. With her dying breaths she reveals to Nina a shocking truth about her past - one that destroys everything Nina thought she knew. Now alone but for her sister Nina must try to discover who she really is all the while staying one step ahead of her mothers killer.