pissed,” Jayha said. “I certainly don’t relish spending the night in the truck.”
“Yay! Reana,” Raelynn led the other chicks in a cheer. The truck fairly rocked with the sound of the chicks clapping and stomping as they chanted Reana’s name. “Reana! Reana! Reana!”
“Hella initiation into the Posse.” Shara laughed.
“Yeah, but it’s a hella fun initiation,” Reana said.
“You are so one of us,” Jeanie said.
“Being that y’all are wearing horned helmets, I’m not so sure that’s a compliment,” Jayha added as she followed the instructions of the GPS and turned onto a lighted drive.
All smack-talking turned into oohs and ahhs as the ladies got their first proper glance of Resort TresNi. Breathtaking. Simply too damn beautiful for words. The sumptuousness of the log resort was obvious, but none of them cared about that right now. They only cared that it looked warm.
“I hope they have valet parking,” Jayha said, “otherwise I’m going to park this truck right here. I can’t even see the parking area.” Putting the Suburban in park, she was glad to see the troupe of men who walked towards the 4x4. When they pointed to their badges that indicated they were employees of TresNi, she opened the door.
“Welcome to Lækkert,” one of the gentlemen said. “Go on in—we’ll get your luggage and park your vehicle.”
Hallelujah, she thought as she handed over the keys. She was about to make a mad dash inside when another employee covered her with a fur and took her arm so she wouldn’t fall. Immediately, she was enveloped by warmth. Now this was hospitality.
Twenty minutes later, they were sprawled over the furniture in Jeanie’s room flipping through the room service menu.
“Is it just me or is there a disproportionate number of really, smoking hot-ass men in the house?” Reana asked.
“It’s not you, chica. Every man I passed was a ten,” Raelynn agreed.
“Speaking of hot men. Did anyone else notice how many of them were wearing leather?” Shara purred.
“That’s like asking if we noticed that it’s cold outside,” Laura said.
“You’re lucky I need to get the feeling back in my body, else I’d be over there teaching you some manners, Texan,” Shara threatened.
“No messing with the Texans, Florida Girl,” Dréa began. “You know—” she started.
“Texas is the only state in the Union that could secede if they wanted to,” the rest of the Posse finished for her.
Jayha couldn’t help but laugh. Like all Texans Dréa was passionate about her state. “Let it go, chick. Y’all know good and damn well that y’all aren’t going any damn where regardless of how pissed off the other forty-nine states make you. And you know why? Because it’d put a serious ding in your sports machines. Hard to keep that Texas-Oklahoma rivalry going when it’s now an international game instead of an intercollegiate one.”
Their good-natured bickering was interrupted by a knock on the door. Being closest to the door, Jayha waited while the chicks secured their weapons before opening it. “Yes?” she said to the men who filled the doorway.
“Good evening, we’re the proprietors of TresNi. We wanted to welcome you to the city of Lækkert and to our humble resort. Being that it’s a little cold out, we also wanted to offer you complimentary hot beverages and sweets.”
“A little cold?” every occupant of the room asked.
“That’s like saying the Biblical Plagues were a small show of displeasure,” Jayha said.
“Yeah, what she said, but he said something about ‘hot beverages,’ so chastise him later and give us those hot drinks now,” Jeanie said.
Stepping back, she ushered them inside.
“We have coffee, hot chocolate, and hot toddies,” Blond Hotness said as he itendicated the arrangement of drinks on the tray Brunet Hotness held. “And we have a selection of
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