For a moment, Anna actually looked cowed — but a brief moment only. Then her expression shifted to something crueler, haughtier, as if she might laugh in Mina's face, and— back again to a more typical frustration.

"I need to talk to you. And I didn't think you would be interested in having this conversation willingly. And I don't want to waste any more time." The attempt at keeping the defensiveness from her voice ended up coming off rather stiff.