Free The Tantric Shaman by Crow Gray Page B

family. We're outcasts now. If Damian can pull this off, maybe we'll have a chance for―something.”
                  “You know if anyone finds out we played a part in killing four warmasters we'll be right back where we started,” Bo said.
                  “As far as I'm concerned, this is self-defense. If we're lucky they'll all kill each other and we won't even need to get involved,” Candy said, and shuddered as she realized this would mean the death of a friend. The ideal scenario would be if Horis was killed and Indigo lived. She'd never liked Horis, and hated how he treated Indigo. She'd never had proof but she was almost sure he beat her. She had no love lost for that bastard, that was for sure.
                  “I'm just playing devil's advocate here. We have to realize this is serious shit we're involved in. No more games, this is life or death,” Bo said.
                  “Bo, it's been life for death for a while now,” Candy said.
                  Bo opened his mouth to respond but was silenced by a familiar screech as Damian flew into the clearing.
                  He landed and shifted to human. “It's a go. All four are on their way here. I want you two back in the next clearing, I'm going to shift and wait in the tree.”
                  “Should we shift?” Bo asked.
                  “Yes, you may as well. But do not, I repeat DO NOT get involved unless I tell you to.”
                  “How will we know?” Candy said.
                  “You'll know,” Damian said, but his lips didn't move. The two heard his voice in their head.
                  “Holy shit! You're telepathic too? Fuck! Wait, can you read our minds?” Bo said, shaken by hearing Damian's voice go straight to his brain.
                  “No, I can't read minds. And telepathy takes a lot out of me, but in this case we may need it,” Damian said.
                  “Damn, I'm beginning to think all of the legends are true,” Candy said, awed.
                  “No one wants to be a dead legend, so you two go! Now! And take my stuff and yours too, I've got a masking spell on everything but if they see the wrong thing our cover could be blown,” Damian said before shifting into a raven and flying up onto a branch.
                  Candy and Bo both looked up at him, squinting. “Shit, a raven too? This guy is starting to scare me,” Bo said. Candy said nothing, just gathered up their things and headed back to the clearing. Bo followed her, shifting as he did.
     
     
                  Sam paused when he saw the clearing up ahead, Gigi halting behind him. He sniffed the air. The scent was strong here, but he didn't see them. Something seemed wrong. He looked and Gigi and whined, and she licked his cheek in return. Then two bears bounded into the clearing, rushing in headlong just as the bear clan had a tendency to do.
                  Sam shifted back to human and Gigi did the same. “The fucking bears are here,” he said. It was obvious to both of them it was Horis and Indigo, as the four had been rivals for years.
                  “Fuck,” Gigi said. “Now what?”
                  “We claim our fucking territory,” Sam said, shifting back to wolf. Gigi did the same, and they ran towards the bears.
                  Damian watched from his perch as the bears rushed to meet the wolves. This was just what he'd planned, and it appeared to be working perfectly. The animals didn't attack yet, instead stopping within a few feet of each other and snarling. Sam and Horis seemed ready for battle, and Gigi as well. Indigo didn't seem as aggressive, but she seemed no less dangerous.
                  The animals circled, snapping and pawing at one another but not attacking yet. What the fuck