A little closer

"How was she as a person before all this?" Ares asked Ankine wanting to know if Nazneen was being this emotional only because she was locked for too long and because she was disappointed in him as her breedmate or if it was also part of her personality. 

Ankine smiled as she wiped the floor in the temple. "Is she giving you a hard time?" 

"More like wasting my time." 

Ankine stopped the wiping and looked at him. "She has always been a little more on the emotional side. A good compliment to a calm man like yourself." She smiled. 

She found this amusing. He shook his head. He had always been drawn to calm, intelligent and focused women. How did he go from a woman like Ravina to this one? Not that he intended to have her as a partner. He was dying after all but he still needed a calm woman if he was going to help her become a ruler. He couldn't have an overly emotional person on the throne. 

"I hope it is the good kind of emotional."