Alice let out a jagged laugh, her button eyes darting between Victor's possessive grip and Dimitri's cold stare. "Seriously, I can't tell who the victim is here! Oh my god, Felicity... are you pregnant?!"
The ragdoll girl instinctively stepped forward to get a better look, but the air was suddenly filled with a low, vibrating rumble.
Lucan and Ivan, already half-shifted into their beast forms, moved with blurring speed to plant themselves in front of Felicity, their teeth bared in a silent, lethal warning.
"Guys, it's okay! I think?" Felicity chirped, her fox ears twitching at the sudden surge of protective mana.
"'I think' isn't enough for us, Fel," Exile grumbled, as he kept a sharp eye on the Tiger-man, Tim.
Dawn broke the tension with an aggressively casual chirp, nodding toward the bewildered Alice.
"We're the 'eat nightmares for breakfast' team, yes," he said, flashing a wink.
