Trace: Follow His Destiny by Jana Leigh Page A

smile. She stepped forward, raised her head and sniffed, her grin became larger, and she jumped forward.
    “Shane, introduce me,” Cami demanded and Shane looked at Trace and rolled his eyes.
    “Trace Pete, this is Cami, our Alpha female. Cami, this is Trace Pete, the newest member of the Council and my mate,” Shane announced and Cami’s eyes darted back and forth between the two men. Trace removed his hat, bowed his head in respect and smiled.
    “Two eagles on the Council?” She said and clapped her hands. “Now, can I see your eagle?”
    Trace laughed and said, “Inside?”
    Cami nodded but her mates stepped forward and both put a hand on her shoulder.
    “Now, baby, we can’t have an eagle in the conference room. Besides, give the man a chance to be introduced.”
    Cami pouted and nodded. “Fine, later though,” she said and pointed to him. “This is my bossy mate Jaden, and Quin, the Chosen Alpha.”
    Trace nodded and held out his hand and shook the Alphas’ hands. “Nice to meet you,” he said in his slow drawl.
    Quin smiled and said, “Welcome to the Council. I would have you explain everything to us now, but my lovely mate here bellowed to the rest of the Council that we’re having a meeting and it would be best if you only had to tell it once.” Trace nodded and looked at the Alpha. “Thanks, I wouldn’t mind but if I have to tell it more than once it may be boring, even to me.”
    Cami narrowed her eyes and Jaden wrapped his hands around her waist when she tried to step forward. “Cowboy?” she asked.
    “Uh, yeah.” Trace said hesitantly, “Born and bred, and Indian too, made for interesting games when I was a kid on the reservation.”
    Quin and Jaden groaned and covered their eyes. Cami’s eyes lit up and grinned.
    “Damn, your voice is so sexy. Put your hat back on.” Shane laughed and Trace did what she wanted. Cami put her hand to her mouth and looked at her mates. Her eyes glowed as she pictured her mates naked with only cowboy hats on. Damn, they had a meeting; she needed to get to her computer.
    Two other people stepped into the room and Cami called out, “Jo, get your ass over here.
    Seriously, listen to his voice.”
    Trace turned to see the couple pause. The man was large; he made the woman seem like a doll. He held out his hand and said, “Trace Pete.” Jo’s eyes widened and she grabbed her mate’s arm and drug him behind her to shake his hand. “Tey and Jo,” she said with a wondrous tone.
    “Sexy, huh?” Cami whispered to her friend.
    “Duh,” Jo whispered out of the side of her mouth and then laughed when Tey growled.
    Jo reached up, patted her mate’s chest, and said, “But not as sexy as my teddy bear.” She crooned and then winked at Trace.
    Trace then said to Cami, “Shane’s mom sent us with a package for you and Jo, it’s in the truck.”
    “Great! But we’ll get it later, it’s a present, so don’t say anything more right now.” A threesome stood at the entrance and Trace stood patiently while Cami performed the introductions again.
    “Cami,” Jaden finally stepped forward and said, “Enough, baby, just go call everyone so we can do this at once. Trace is gonna run away from you any second now!”
    “Asshole,” Cami said under her breath but walked for the door and yelled, “Ya’ll get your asses in here! We’re having a meeting, now!”
    Quin sighed, put two fingers on each side of his nose and whispered, “Gods, give me strength.”
    Trace laughed and shook his head. “You’ve been blessed, Alpha, and you know it.” He turned to Shane and said, “You were right.”
    Quin and Shane nodded and laughed. Cami glared at Shane and then smiled. “Take your seats.”
    The room filled quickly and Trace followed Shane to where three tables had been set up.
    Two of them were long and had seats on the outside lengths, facing each other. The last was smaller and was at the head, making three sides of a rectangle, it held three chairs.
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