" Honestly, Cassandra, I know you get this--this recklessness--from your parents, but I don’t know how much longer I can handle it.”
Cass wished she could melt into the floor. She almost preferred her aunt’s cutting sarcasm to this quiet, disappointed tone. “I’m sorry. It won’t happen again,” she said. “I promise.”
Agnese shook her head and the loose folds of skin under her chin wobbled back and forth. “Your promises have proven to be as reliable as Bortolo’s aim with the teapot. "

― Fiona Paul , Venom (Secrets of the Eternal Rose, #1)