Natasha can't speak to Alex's relationship with Kyle, when she should tell him and whether vampires would shake him down. She can guess from context what kind of relationship they might have, but in terms of logistical, political considerations, that's TBD.

James, on the other hand, is Alex's alpha. That makes him very much a known quantity, and the first person who will have to answer for the assassination in any official capacity. Both Islington and, she'd expect, the Night Council at large will expect him to have answers. The more convincingly he can say he doesn't know where Alex is and whether or not she's alive, the better.

Nodding, Natasha approves of Alex's decision. "I can call Kyle. Let him know you're alive and laying low. I'm not telling him where you are though; as long as you're here not a word goes out where to find you."

Natasha hasn't advertised where she lives any more than she could avoid, and she doesn't intend to change that now.

"And I'll get James a message in a few days, once the initial investigation has blown over."

The less Alex gets out and the fewer people know where to even start looking, the better. It's a risk for Natasha to approach an alpha werewolf, but better her than risk Alex and him being scene together in the days following the assassination. As long as no one has any reason to believe Natasha and Alex would be working together, then there's no reason to question two supernatural individuals in the same place at the same time.

Natasha doesn't like what she has to work with, but the more she considers where the political landscape is going to go after this, the more she thinks they might be able to navigate it.

At least for a while.