title: Predator & Prey: Jury
author:  Gherbod Fleming 
description: Gherbod Fleming is the author of the hit Clan Novel: Gangrel and many other novels and stories set in the World of Darkness.
zlib_text: PURSUIT OF A PREDATOR
  Susan waited about ten minutes, facing south, expecting Victor Thomas
  to arrive by car. Instead, he appeared “from nowhere” at her side. Rather
  than the casual attire she had seen at the mall, he now dressed in a business
  suit. He carried a folded portfolio of papers in one hand, along with a pen.
  It startled Susan to see annoyance on Victor’s face. He growled, “That
  isn’t what I told you to wear. I’m going to take you somewhere to change.”
  Softening his voice a little, he continued, “Let’s go somewhere to have a
  drink and talk about the roles. It will help you get very prepared.” One of
  Victor’s arms thrust forward and he laid a hand on her upper arm, near the
  shoulder, as if to guide her.
  With combined fear and doubt rising in her gut, Susan replied, “I’m not
  going anywhere with you until I see some identification.”
  Victor frowned and mumbled something about leaving his wallet and
  identification at the studio, or at “the lot.” When Susan insisted, he warned,
  “Yo