Stubborn

Every fiber in Alec's being wanted to sit up and tell Ryan to stay - that he really was hungry and he didn't want her to leave yet. But his facial expression did not show those deeper feelings. Instead, his eyes blazed with a cold fire.

"Fine. I guess it was your waste of time to come then."

Crossing his arms, he stares at the back wall stubbornly.

Trooper huffs a sigh and sits down in the doorway, yawning and looking to Ryan, a little bit of drool escaping to drip onto the floor. He'd smelled the food too, but knew well enough not to beg.

Alec sees the dog and knows that there's a chance Ryan's threat wasn't an empty one. A hunger pain shoots through his stomach, but he sets his jaw tightly. If she was gonna play this game, he wasn't going to lose.