" The tall, lean woman spoke to the group of college students in front of the log lodge that was the main building in the small village. Surrounded by...stands of old-growth hardwood trees, about 40 cabins and outbuildings were grouped around a well. An open-sided shelter stood more or less in the center of the village. Fields and gardens were visible through beyond the edge of the woods,"We'll be asking you to share your skills with us, especially if any of you know about gardening, or. .. it's been a long day and..."He inclined his head but still said nothing. God, he was going to make this as hard as he could on me.I nodded and turned. I went upstairs with as controlled motions as I could. Inside I was racing through my mind what I had to do as fast as I could, I knew my hands were shaking. I was very afraid I'd come back downstairs and he'd be gone.Upstairs I wrapped my head in a clean dry towel and stepped in the shower. I washed as fast as I could. I dried and stepped. It was locked too. I could see the jacuzzi through the screen and noticed another outside door on the other side of the room. So, I began to walk around the back of the cabin and that is when he pounced on me.”“Pounced on you,” Shelby exclaimed, “What do you mean pounced on you?”“He is the Predator,” Lisa said very matter of factly, “I am the prey. The Predator pounces on his prey.”“What happened?” Shelby asked leaning forward, “What happened when he pounced on you?”“I screamed,” said Lisa. It's too morbid and you must be tired. These kids take a lot of work to keep up with." A little. I saw some paperbacks in your study yesterday. May I borrow one of them?"He gestured for her to go ahead of him and while she looked through his shelves of books, he sat and picked up the papers he had abandoned the night before. Soon, his eyes strayed from the paper again and roamed to where she stood, her fingers running over the back of the books as if they were pets she were stroking.He watched.