The moment Jay saw Liam work up to a smile, he knew the boy was going to be A-okay. That night, while he was changing Liam's chest wrappings, he could tell the wounds had already begun to heal rapidly, it must've been his demons doing. But it as good, the sooner he healed the sooner he'd be on his feet again. Jay sat in a chair against the door, reading a book a book by one of his favorite American authors. Though sometimes he couldn't understand some terms used, he could still read English just fine. 

"So, Liam" Jay brought his book down to look at Liam, unsure if the boy was sleeping or not. "I've been taking care of Sarina for three years and I thought you should know how much she missed you and cares about you. I know you can hear me so you need to listen and listen well. I care about her just as much as you do and if you hurt her in any way, you and I are going to have a problem. What I'm saying is, keep your claws, horns, and demon too yourself." Jay wasn't trying to be mean, but he was always concerned about Sarina, and any threat to her was something that he wouldn't tolerate. 

He lowered his tone a little and began to speak in Italian, "I just need you to cooperate, that's all I'm asking. I don't mean to be a jerk... hopefully you know by now that any friend of hers is a friend of mine, and since you're like a brother to her... or even more than that, so you're like a brother to me" From behind the shadow of his hood there was a smile. "I'm going to take care of you, for all of our sakes, and soon, you'll be up walking and talking about, I promise you that" 
 
After he was done with his speech Jay went back to his book as if it hadn't happened. He just wanted to be sure that Liam knew what was up. That he wasn't playing around and if he hurt Sarina, he'd have to pay. 

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She was out late, later than usual, even after the sun had risen she wasn't home. When she finally came in through the 3rd story window where their small apartment was, she was covered in blood with a few scrapes, bruises and a black eye. "ciao , Jay come stai" She said hello and asked him how he was in Italian. Jay peered over the top of his book to look at him. "What the hell happened?!" He replied in his native language. 

"You think this is bad? You should see the other guys" Sarina laughed, rubbing her bad eye gently and wincing at the pain. "I asked how you were, you've been reading in the dark again haven't you, I told you not to do that!" She moved over to the bed to stare down at Liam. "Hey buddy, I'm glad to see you're safe, myself on the other hand... but it's no matter, anything to keep you safe" With a gentle pat of his headed to the bathroom to shower off. "Thanks for watching him and for keeping the window open for me, Jay" 

"You keep this a secret, Liam can't know" With those final words she left to take a shower and rinse off all the blood.