The Tantric Shaman by Crow Gray

are they waiting on? Damian thought.
                  Sam shifted to human. Horis did the same. Gigi followed, but Indigo remained in bear form, agitated. Damian watched, confused. It was very rare, if not unheard of, for warmasters to battle in human form. Now that they had shifted, Damian saw a bag of some type hanging around the neck of Horis. It had been so small it was unnoticeable when he was in bear form, but in human form it was prominent. Horis pulled the bag from his neck and began to rub his hands inside. Damian saw he was coating his hands in some type of black gunk, and the pungent odor was reaching him even from up in the tree.
                  “So you see them yet?” Sam asked.
                  “Nah, but I know where they are,” Horis answered.
                  “Me too, so what are we waiting on?” Gigi answered. Indigo still hadn't shifted, and she growled at Gigi and backed up.
                  “You need to keep your bitch in line,” Sam said, shooting Indigo a look.
                  “Aw, don't fucking worry about her. She doesn't know what's going on. I didn't want her dumb ass blowing the plan,” Horis said, disgust on his face.
                  “So let's do this!” Gigi said, shifting to wolf. Horis and Sam shifted as well, and all three headed directly towards the hiding place of Sam and Candy.
                  “Sam, Candy, heads up! They are headed your way, you're going to have to fight!” Damian said, screaming so loud in their heads it was painful?
                  “What do you mean?” Bo thought back.
                  “I mean I fucked up. Big time,” Damian said, swooping down from the branch towards the warmasters.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    CHAPTER SIX
     
     
     
     
                  The warmasters made a beeline right for Candy and Bo, cutting right through the spells Damian had used. Damian sized the three up and decided Horis was probably the most dangerous. He was pretty sure the black substance coating Horis's claws was poison. Indigo had remained behind in the clearing for some reason, so for now the odds were somewhat even.
                  Damian dove at Horis, and shifted to bear form right before impact. He crashed his full weight right between Horis's shoulder blades, hoping he could break his back. The two struck the ground and Damian rolled to his feet, not graceful at all in this lumbering form.
                  Horis was stunned but definitely not out. He roared a challenge and rushed Damian. Damian had a split second to see Bo tangling with Sam, the two of them rolling around together. Candy and Gigi were also fighting, but it looked like they were sticking and moving and not much physical contact had been made at this point.
                  The split second Damian had been distracted almost proved fatal as Horis moved much faster than Damian would have thought. He was able to duck the swing of Horis's paw, but in doing so brought himself into the range of the warmasters jaws, which clamped down on his snout. Damian tried to pull away, but before he could Horis raked his chest with his claws, digging deep. Damian felt the wounds burning and knew he'd been poisoned. He wasn't sure what it was, but it seemed fast acting. He realized he couldn't beat Horis using pure power, but would need to use some of the tricks at his disposal.
                  He pulled his head free, ripping some of the flesh from near his nose. He shifted to a spitting cobra, spitting venom directly into Horis's eyes before the slower bear could react. Horis had not been expecting this, and the bear howled and put his head down, pawing at his stinging eyes. Damian struck, biting the bear on the paw and injecting