Jeffrey easily finds where the humans have trespassed, he can smell the dying female. If he can then it won't take long for the predators in the forest to come looking as well. He watches them in the dark shadows for a bit before making himself known. He likes that the two males seem to be very attentive to the dying female even as they set up a small camp that will impact his land as little as possible.

Jeffrey steps out of the growing shadows and silently moves up to the small group of humans. "You are trespassing."

The two males give small jumps at being so startled. The female is too far gone to do something so energetic. 

"Forgive us, sir. We mean no harm. Our friend is dying and her last request was to visit the forest one last time. We didn't realize that this was private land."

"Why didn't you take her to the public campgrounds? They aren't too far away from here." Jeffrey would like to know that. The public campgrounds are prepared camping sites that even have flushing toilets. At least some of them do.

The second male answers this time. "We would have, sir, but they are closed until whatever creature killed those people is caught or killed. Mary won't live that long."

Jeffrey hides his amusement. None of them will live that long since he has no intentions of being caught or killed.

"Please, sir, we mean no harm to your land. We will leave very little disturbance to it when we leave in the morning."

Jeffrey looks thoughtfully at the men then turns his gaze to the female. "Your friend won't live to see the morning light. What then will you do? You may mean no harm to my land, but calling in the personnel it would take when she passes will cause harm. They aren't too careful about where they step or what harm they might do to the land."

The three humans are silent as they try to think of a response.  Finally the first one says,  "Honestly we hadn't thought that far ahead." His shoulders bow and he does his best to hide his sorrow. "We will pack up and remove ourselves from your land. We sincerely apologize for trespassing. If you wish to press charges, please wait until after our friend passes."

Jeffrey takes his interested and weighing gaze from the female and once more looks at the males. Now he's assessing them just as carefully. "Friend, you call her, is she not family then?"

"She's family, but not of blood. When I needed a place to call home, she gave it to me. She became my sister and sometimes my mother when the need arose. If there is any penalty to pay, I will pay it. I just wish there was some way I could save her."

"And this man, is he your brother, or just a friend as well?" Jeffrey motions to the second male that was there.

"He's family the same way Mary is. He found me living on the streets. When I tried to steal from him, instead of taking me to the police he took me to Mary. He and his little sister, Talia, are as much my family as Mary is. 

"His sister needs him, please, they are all the family I have. Any punishment you have to give, I will gladly pay it, just please, don't punish them." The first man is all but on his knees begging Jeffrey. 

Jeffrey likes that the man is willing to take the punishment for the others. Now he wonders if the other man is as willing to sacrifice himself.

"And what about you? Are you willing to take punishment for them?"

"Yes, my only reason for hesitating is because of my little sister." The man stops and doesn't continue speaking.

The first man explains softly as the second man does his best to regain the control he nearly lost just saying that much.

"Jay found me on the streets four years ago. I had run away from home at the age of nine. I found living on the streets much more to my tastes then the foster home I was forced to live in. When you are on the streets you will do anything to survive. There are those that enjoy children, but they weren't the first ones to come to me. I learned to steal and for five years between selling myself and stealing I managed to survive. 

"Jay caught me stealing from him and instead of taking me to the police he brought me to Mary's place. She was willing to take me in and give me a home, under strict rules. She had only recently been emancipated herself, so she was really taking a chance by taking me in. She got me into online schooling and tutoring as she worked from home. I'm still not sure how she was able to get legal custody of me, since from what I know of foster parents she shouldn't have been able to, but she did.

"For the last four years Jay and Mary have been my closest friends and when possible, Jay would bring Talia over as well. So she is like my little sister too.

"At our eighteenth birthday we found out that Jay's parents had plans for him and through him, me."

The second man, Jay, breaks in at that point. "The bastards took my little sister and put her in a cell under their club. Then they made me watch as they tortured her until I was willing to strip for them.

"I didn't think they would do that to their daughter. They've never been all that loving or caring, but I never believed that they would actually enjoy causing her pain. They broke her arm and several of her fingers and beat her hard enough that several of her ribs were either cracked or broken as well.

"I begged them to stop and promised that I would dance in their fucking club if they would just stop hurting her. They did. They pulled her from school and put her in homeschooling so that she wouldn't be able to say anything, not that it would do any good. They have the police and many of the local politicians in their pocket through blackmail."

Jeffrey is incensed at what he's heard about Jay's parents. You don't harm children, you just don't. He's already decided to do something about them.

"The back rooms at the strip club aren't used just for private lap dances. I also strip at the club, their parents came to me and told me that if I wasn't willing to dance and entertain whichever guests want of me in the back that they would sell Talia to the highest bidder.

"So I not only dance, I am once more selling myself. But the reason they are able to blackmail so many leaders and those sworn to protect others is what else goes on in the back rooms. They rent them out to those that like children. Parents come in with their children and are directed to a room. Many of the cops use those rooms. Many of the politicians use those rooms. Some of them are just being blackmailed because of being with the dancers, but many are because of the videos with them with the children.

"There is no way any one local will do anything to interfere or protect those children. I have no doubt, that if we fail to dance, or I fail to entertain privately that they will sell not just Talia's virginity, but they will sell her to the highest bidder. They've already shown me the list of people they will invite to the auction. It's all ready set up all they have to do is push the send button and the invites will be sent and Talia will be auctioned off to the highest bidder."

"I see." Jeffrey says and hides the malicious smile that wants to come out. There will soon be some very pissed off people, as well as some very dead ones.

Jeffrey turns back to Mary, "I can save you, but it comes at a price. What would you do to have me save you?"

"How can you save me? I feel death stealing my life even as we speak." Mary's voice is low and pain filled, not more than a whisper of wind.

Jeffrey shows her his teeth and has her look at his eyes. "I can deliver what I promise, but are you willing to pay the price?"

"I will pay it for her. If you can save her, I will pay the price." The first man speaks and does fall to his knees as he tells Jeffrey that.

Jeffrey is pleased at his reaction. "What is your name, boy?"

"Michael. My name is Michael."

Jeffrey rolls his eyes, of course it is. As if that angel wasn't enough of a pain in the ass now the human...

"Michael, would you be willing to pay the price for all of you?"

"Yes, anything to save her and allow Jay to return and try to save his sister."

Jeffrey smiles, then shakes his head, "It is admirable that you are willing to pay the price for her, but this is something she must be willing to pay the price for."

Jeffrey turns to the female, "I can heal you, but the price is that you must become my human servant. My last human servant was also on her death bed, dying of cancer just like you. She was down to her last breaths when I found her. That was more than a hundred and fifty years ago."

"What happened to her?" Mary was able to painfully get out.

"The only way to leave being my servant is through death or becoming a vampire. Today she turned to a vampire. Or at least she is in the middle of her transforming."

"How could a human remain alive for over a hundred and fifty years?" Jay asks astonished.

"My blood will not just heal her, but as long as we do the blood exchanges and she bonds as my servant it will keep her as young as she is now."

"So the servant that you are replacing or trying to replace with Mary, is as young as she was over a hundred years ago?" Michael says more than a little incredulously.

"Yes. It will take years of blood exchanges before the cancer goes into full remission and then several more years before she will be cancer free. Once she is cancer free she will not need to be a blood donor daily, but more as a secondary source or emergency food. I have more important things for my servant to do. I have others that are more than willing to serve as my food."

"Will you require me to have sex with you as part of the deal?"

"No, my other servant, Malia, was a virgin when she bonded herself to me. It was several years later that she requested that I take her to bed as the bonus she wanted."

"Bonus?" Michael blurts out.

"Yes, my servants are paid and when they earn extras I give them bonuses. Malia wanted to know what sex was like and wanted me to show her. After that she often took lovers and posed as my mistress, but I only ever slept with her when she earned a bonus and requested it. 

"But that is now no longer available. I was married today and promised my new wife that I wouldn't sleep with any of my servants that I take so your virtue is safe. You would be allowed to take lovers and if they pass my security check they will even be allowed at the house."

All three of the humans stare at Jeffrey.

"What is your name?" Mary manages to say before closing her eyes in exhaustion.

"Ah, forgive me, my manners are slipping rather badly today. It's been a rather busy day. My name is Jeffrey Masters. If you accept my offer, you will call me master in private or Mr. Masters in public."

"What about us?" Michael manages to get out.

"I will talk to you two after Mary makes her decision."

"Yes, I will become your servant, Mr. Masters." She gets out before a painful spasm rips through her causing her to cry out.

"Then drink. After you drink of my blood, I'll be drinking yours and you will be bound to me until your death or transformation." Jeffrey says then bites his wrist and offers it to the dying female. As she drinks he places his claim on her making her his bound servant.

Immediately she relaxes and falls asleep. The two humans exclaim and move towards her thinking that she had passed.

"She will be fine. In a few days my blood will have sufficiently healed her that she will be up and walking once more. For now she is sleeping and healing. Now, about the price you two will pay."

Michael gets up as Jeffrey stands. His eyes widen as he makes a realization, "You are the one that caused the death of those people. The six males and the female."

Jeffrey gives a small snort of humor. "I killed those six males because they were demon tainted and were chasing the female. They damn near killed her before I was able to kill them. The girl is alive and well. I married her earlier today."

The two males can only stare at him in shock at his words.