The simple hand on her shoulder seems to calm her, and for a moment Natasha almost gets angry when she thinks that Jasper has purposefully forced her to calm herself. Then she realizes that, no, it's just because he's there and she finds that comforting, and how disgusting is that?

Alice looks shaken and Natasha moves before she really thinks, leaning further into the woman and sitting up on the counter with her to gently pull Alice into her and hold her steady for a moment, fingers running through her hair as Natasha's eyes are on Jasper. She only loosens her grip when Alice reaches for her phone, but she doesn't pull away.

"Keeping the existence of vampires a secret." Natasha says aloud, her heart leaping into her throat. "So a leaked video of one breaking out of his constraints in a top secret facility, that would probably put a damper on what they consider as 'secret', wouldn't it?" Vampire leaders... Natasha wouldn't even know where to begin when it comes to protecting him from something like that, and for the first time she feels horribly useless. That simply won't do.

"What do they do to people they feel have broken their law?"