" I have heard that you have a talent for death,” his mom said. At least Akos had warned Cyra about Sifa’s lack of charm.
He glanced at Cyra. She held her armored wrist against her gut.
“I suppose I do,” she said. “But I don’t have a passion for it.”
Vapor slipped from the nose of the water kettle, not yet thick enough for Akos to pour. Water had never boiled so slowly. "

― Veronica Roth , Carve the Mark (Carve the Mark, #1)