The Tantric Shaman by Crow Gray Page A

venom. The bear struggled to step away, but tripped. The unintentional move caused him to fall on top of Damian, almost crushing him.
                  The pain caused Damian to switch back to human form, a reflex action that could cost him his life. Horis pinned him with one paw as he raised the other to swipe his head off. Then another bear crashed into Horis, slamming him off of Damian and into a nearby tree. Damian was dazed but still figured out what had happened: Indigo. For some reason, she'd saved him.
                  Horis was between Indigo and Damian now, facing his mate. He roared a challenge, anger radiating from him in waves as he gave Indigo a death sentence. Indigo's brown eyes locked with Damian's, and he knew what she had planned.
                  Horis reared up onto his hind legs, raising his mighty paws up to smack Indigo. She charged him, head down just like a bull. Just as she crashed into his chest, Damian shifted to a stag. Damian ducked his head as Horis fell, and the warmaster was impaled on the stag's formidable rack of antlers. The antlers pierced all the way through Horis, and he gave one last roar before dying.
                  Damian shifted back to bear form, mainly just to get his antlers from Horis's body. Horis fell limply to the ground and Damian faced Indigo, unsure what her next move would be. She didn't attack, instead roaring towards the other two battles currently being waged.
                  Damian turned and saw Bo was doing better than expected, having gotten the best of Sam so far. Sam was in werewolf form while Bo was in full wolf form, and he'd been able to stay one step ahead of the bigger warrior so far.
                  Damian didn't want to interfere unless he had to, as defeating the warmaster could give Bo some standing in his clan, or at least self-confidence if nothing else. He turned to Candy, and saw she wasn't doing quite as well.
                  Gigi was in werewolf form on Candy's back, and was raking her shoulder and neck over and over again with her long claws. She had wrapped her legs around Candy's body, and the position didn't give Candy many options for getting free. He was about to interfere when Indigo beat him to it, running over and smashing into Gigi, sandwiching the werewolf between the two bears. When Gigi slid to the ground stunned, the two bears began to tear at her. Between the rending claws and ripping teeth, Gigi was done for.
                  Sam saw that his allies had fallen, and since Bo was kicking his ass he decided to retreat. He turned to full wolf form, his fur covered in blood. He tried to run, but his only path of escape took him right by Damian. Damian didn't hesitate, bringing his mighty paw down right across the back of Sam's neck, breaking it. He gave one small whimper and then was silent.
                  The enemy had fallen, but Damian and Bo both circled Indigo, still unsure as to her intentions. Candy moved between the two men and Indigo, baring her teeth and bellowing at them. Indigo put her head down in surrender.
                  Damian was the first to shift to human form, but the rest followed, with Indigo shifting last. Even under these circumstances, Damian couldn't help but notice how attractive Indigo was. Short, dark skin with long black hair, and voluptuous with curves in all the right places. The four of them stood, nude and covered in the wounds and gore of battle.
                  “So what the fuck is going on?” Damian asked Indigo.
                  “I don't know, I'm as confused as you are,” Indigo said.
                  “Oh come on. You were here to kill Candy and Bo, we know that. Why were you working with the wolves?” Damian shouted.
                  “I don't know, I promise! I had no idea we were working with them! Horis never tells me