Epilogue

JACE

“Jace or Zane, you’re needed in the playroom. Ruby is having a bit of a sharing problem tonight,” a voice said over the two-way radio.

A smile pulled at his lips as he looked up at Zane, who was shaking his head and smiling.

“It’s your turn,” Zane told him.

Yeah. They took turns going to the playroom to discipline their naughty little girl when she was misbehaving. Which seemed to be most evenings when they were at the club.

Making his way to the playroom, Jace chuckled to himself. Their little girl was quite the handful, yet she was so damn adorable it was painful.

Schooling his face, he opened the door to the playroom and lifted his eyebrow as Ruby, who was sitting on the floor, crossed her arms over her chest and let out a loud huff as she shook her head at the room monitor.

It only took a second for Ruby to notice Jace standing in the corner of the room watching her, and as soon as she saw him, her bottom lip trembled. Yeah. She knew she was in trouble.

Walking toward her, Jace nodded to the monitor. “Thank you for calling for me. Anything I need to know before I deal with my naughty little girl?”

A blush rose to her cheeks at his question for the other Top. Jace loved doing things like talking to another ‘adult’ about her to make her feel extra Little.

“She didn’t want to share the dollhouse again when another Little wanted to play with her. The Little eventually gave up trying and went crying to her Daddy,” the monitor told him.

Raising his eyebrow again, he looked down at Ruby who was sulking on the floor. She peered up at him from beneath her lashes and pushed her bottom lip out in a sad little pout.

“Thank you. I’ll take it from here,” Jace said.

Once he was alone with his little girl, he squatted down so he was closer to eye level with her.

“What’s the rule about sharing, Ruby?”

Her bright blue eyes moved to his and he could tell she hadn’t decided whether she wanted to be sassy or compliant.

“I don’t know, Daddy. The rules aren’t hung up on the wall. You can’t really expect me to remember all the millions of rules you and Zaddy make. Sheesh, that would be torture in itself,” she explained dramatically.

Right. So that was the route they were going.

Reaching out, he plucked her up from the floor and walked over to the straight-backed chair in one of the corners of the room. Setting her on her feet, Jace gave her a stern look.

“Stay right here. You move and I’ll add my belt to your spanking.”

Without waiting for her to respond, he walked over to the supply cabinet where they kept brand new sex toys and implements that could be purchased by members. Jace and Zane also kept a bin of toys and implements specifically for Ruby in the cabinet. Grabbing a medium-sized butt plug and some lube from her bin, Jace walked back to his little girl. Her eyes widened when she saw what he was carrying in his hand.

Sitting down, he pulled her between his legs. “Here’s what’s going to happen. I’m going to plug your naughty, sassy bottom, then I’m going to spank it, and then you’re going to stand in the corner for ten minutes and see if you can remember the rule about sharing. After that, Daddy is going to put your panties back on with the butt plug still in place and you’re going to keep it there while you sit down at the naughty table and write down all the rules ten times. Then we’ll hang them up on the wall so all the Littles know what the rules are, including you. Questions?”

“Daddy, that’s so mean,” she pouted, shuffling from foot to foot.

“I can make it fifteen minutes in the corner if you’d like and go fetch a larger plug,” he told her.

“No, no, Daddy. That’s okay. It’s not mean. I was just kidding, Daddy. Sheesh. Didn’t you know I was kidding?”

“Uh-huh. Over my lap, little girl,” he said.

Letting out a sigh, she grabbed the hand he offered and let him help her over his lap. The frilly dress she was wearing that night barely covered her bottom so as soon as she was stretched over his knees, her panties were already on display. Without wasting any time, he pulled her panties down her legs and dropped them on the floor.

He smiled to himself when she let out a small whimper as he poured some lube between her ass cheeks. Using his index finger, he spread the lube around her tight ring and then dipped his finger in and out to the second knuckle a few times. Her breathing quickened and he knew she was very aroused. Their baby girl liked being disciplined in front of people and she loved anal play.

Pulling his finger free, he dribbled some lube onto the plug and then pressed the tip to her bottom.

“Deep breath in and long breath out, baby,” he told her.

When she obeyed, he pushed the plug in and then started spanking her without warning. He didn’t start the spanking hard, but he wanted to get her attention away from her arousal. Even though he was so aroused he wouldn’t be surprised if she could feel his cock pressing into her tummy.

“Owwie! Daddy, I’m sorry. I remember the rule,” she whined.

He ignored her pleas and started spanking her a bit harder once he felt like her bottom had been warmed up sufficiently. As the intensity of his spanks increased, her legs started kicking and her cries grew louder.

“Daddy! Ow!”

Pausing, he rubbed his hand over her heated cheeks. “Do we remember what the rule about sharing is yet?”

She looked back at him, giving him a challenging look that told him she wasn’t quite ready to be his good little girl yet. Nodding his head, Jace raised his hand and started spanking again.

This time, his spanks were hard and fast, alternating cheeks. Once she was kicking hard enough, he swung his left leg over the back of hers to hold her in place while he peppered her sit spots.

It only took a minute or so before a sob broke free from his little girl and he saw tears falling onto the floor below her face. After giving each cheek one last smack, he pulled her up to sit on his lap.

“You need to go stand in the corner for ten minutes and then Daddy will snuggle you. Keep the back of your dress pulled up so everyone can see your red bottom and plug,” he told her, patting her bottom to get her moving.

Ruby sniffled and shuffled over to the corner, pulling her dress up like instructed.

God, she was perfect. In the month since they’d moved her into their house, the three of them had been learning so much about each other. One of the things they’d realized is that Ruby enjoyed a bit of exhibitionism when it came to being disciplined and both Zane and Jace quite enjoyed it as well.

They’d also learned that she needed spankings quite often to help keep her head clear of all the negative thoughts she had about herself. Providing spankings seemed to ground her in a way that she needed, and she always felt more secure in their relationship afterward. Jace was pretty sure she enjoyed acting out on purpose at times just to get those spankings.

“Ten minutes. Come here, baby.”

Turning, she awkwardly speed walked toward him and crawled up on his lap, sniffling against his chest.

“That’s my good girl. You did so good. Are you ready to tell me what the rule is about sharing?”

Nodding her head, she looked up at him with wet eyes. “I’s sorry, Daddy. I knows I’s s’posed to share with everyone.”

She was also still learning how to make friends. That was still a challenge and they’d learned she purposely pushed people away so they couldn’t hurt her. It was her way of protecting herself.

Addie and Carly had kept in touch with Ruby and the men hoped that once Ruby had a few good friends, she would feel comfortable with making more friends. Gabby had even started talking to Ruby when they saw each other, which was wonderful for both Gabby and Ruby. Both women had been through crappy things, and he suspected they could become great friends eventually.

“That’s right, baby girl. Do you think you can share from now on?”

Ruby nodded. He smiled, especially knowing that her agreement to share would last for a day or two at most. But that was okay. Despite her bratting, they still loved her unconditionally and would always be there to discipline her when she needed it.

“I love you, baby,” he said, kissing her forehead.

“I love you too, Daddy. With all my heart. Can I have this plug out of my butthole now?”

And there she was. His sassy girl, back in action.

ZANE

“Zaddy, will you put my hair in pigtails?” Ruby asked.

He grinned and tossed a pillow on the floor in front of him. “Of course, baby girl. Are you excited to go to the zoo?”

“Yes! I’ve never been to the zoo before. I’ve always wanted to see a real live elephant,” she told him.

She’d been talking about seeing the elephants for days. Apparently, they were her favorite animals, second to kangaroos ever since they’d given her Hop.

“I talked to my friend, Ian, and he said there is a young elephant there. His little girl got to see it when it was just a baby,” Zane told her.

Ruby wiggled happily, clapping her hands. “I hope I get to see it!”

“I hope so too, baby. But you need to be a really good girl and stay close to me or Daddy at all times. The zoo gets very busy, and we don’t want our little girl to get lost. I need you to be safe at all times. Okay?”

“Okay, Daddy. I’ll stay close.”

He highly doubted she would keep that promise, but he still felt the need to express that he didn’t want to lose her. He told her as often as he could how much she meant to them and slowly, with each passing day, she seemed to become less afraid that they wouldn’t want her anymore. Zane knew it was an uphill battle that they would climb for a long time, but he was up for the challenge.

By the time they got to the zoo, Ruby had already had a meltdown and gotten her bottom spanked through her overall shorts, all because she wanted to skip breakfast so they could get to the zoo sooner. Even though they weren’t meeting Carly and Damian there until ten.

Lifting her out of her booster seat, Zane planted a kiss on the top of her head and grabbed her hand as the three of them maneuvered their way through the parking lot. Carly, Damian, and Nash were already near the front entrance as they approached.

“Ruby!” Carly called out, jumping up and down excitedly.

Before he realized it, Ruby pulled free from his hand and ran across the parking lot to hug her friend. Running after her, Zane grabbed her elbow and turned her toward him.

“You just ran across the road without even looking,” he growled.

Her eyes widened and he noticed her swallow heavily. “I looked, Zaddy.”

“Oh, really? Because I didn’t see your head turn either way to look for oncoming cars,” he replied.

When she didn’t answer him, he sighed. “Come on, little girl. Let’s go have a chat in the car.”

Her shoulders dropped. “I don’t think you really mean that we’re going to chat, Zaddy.”

Oh, he wanted to laugh. He really did. Their little girl was too damn cute sometimes with her smart mouth. But instead, he grabbed her hand and pulled her back toward their car, grabbing the keys from Jace as they walked by.

Luckily, they had parked in an area that was mostly empty since the zoo had only just opened, so they wouldn’t be surrounded by other people or cars as he spanked her bottom.

Opening the back door, he climbed into the cramped back seat and motioned for her to climb up into his lap. It was a tight fit, but he would make it work. Closing the door behind them, he cupped her chin so she was forced to look at him.

“What did we talk about before we left this morning?” he asked.

“You told me to stay close where you could see me so I didn’t get lost. You were still able to see me, Zaddy. I wasn’t lost.”

“Little girl. You’re walking a fine line. If you think I won’t take my belt off in this car, you’re very much mistaken. I told you that I needed you to be safe today. Right?”

Letting out a defeated sigh, she nodded. “Sorry, Zaddy. I was just so excited to see Carly. I haven’t had friends to hang out with in a long, long time.”

“I know, baby girl. And I’m very happy you’re making friends, but what is your number one rule?”

Twisting her fingers in his shirt, she lowered her gaze from his. “Always be safe. Never do anything to put myself in danger.”

He nodded. “And is that rule flexible?”

“No, Zaddy,” she whispered.

“Okay. Turn over on my lap. I’m going to spank you over your overalls, although I think I need to start getting these altered to have snaps on the legs so I can easily bare your bottom.”

Letting out a sad sound, Ruby awkwardly moved to lay over his lap, resting her upper body over her booster seat.

“Being that this is your second spanking already today, I’m hoping you’ll be much more behaved for the rest of the day,” he said, resting his hand on her bottom.

Looking back at him, she gave him a pitiful look. “I’ll try, Zaddy. No promises, though.”

This time, he did smile. “Well, you know that no matter how you behave, Daddy and I will always be here, loving you through it all.”

Tears filled her eyes as she nodded. “I know, Zaddy.”

Smack! Smack!

Even though no one was around, he was glad the denim muffled the sounds of him spanking her. He spanked her hard and quick, wanting to get it over with so they could move on and enjoy the rest of the day.

By the time he stopped, tears dripped down her face. Pulling her up in his lap, he held her close and stroked her back for several minutes until she was only sniffling every so often.

“Feel better?” he asked.

Wiping her nose with the back of her hand, she nodded. “I don’t know why I feel like I want to get into trouble so much. Does that make me a bad girl? Or weird?”

Pulling her hand away from her face, he reached into the bag they had for her in the car and grabbed some tissues to clean her up.

“I don’t ever want to hear you refer to yourself as weird. You’re not weird, baby. And it doesn’t make you a bad girl. Nothing makes you a bad girl. I think you feel the need to test us and challenge us because you need to know we’re watching and that we will follow through. Does that make sense?”

She nodded. “I guess so. Maybe I’m a masseuse, Zaddy.”

He stared at her for a long moment, trying to figure out what she was saying.

“You mean a masochist, baby?”

Giving him an exasperated look, she nodded. “That’s what I said, Zaddy. Sheesh. Maybe we need to look into hearing aids for you.”

“Ruby Elizabeth,” he said in a low voice.

Her entire face split into a wide grin that melted him into a pile of goo.

“Love you, Zaddy!”

Shaking his head, he grinned back at her. “Love you too, my little brat.”

RUBY

“On your feet, little one,” Zane instructed.

Letting out a sigh, Ruby got to her feet and stood in front of her Zaddy, who was trying his hardest to give her his best stern look.

He had been called to the playroom because she had refused to share the markers that she’d been using to color a pretty picture for her Daddies.

“March,” he said, pointing toward the door.

Uh-oh.

She knew she was in trouble if they were taking her to their office to discipline her. Her bottom cheeks clenched in anticipation for what was to come.

Walking through the club toward her Daddies’ office, she glanced back at Zane who raised an eyebrow at her.

Yeah, yeah. She was in trouble. And maybe she had meant to get into trouble because she hadn’t seen her Daddies in like almost an hour and she kind of wanted her bottom spanked.

Jace was in the office sitting at his desk when she walked in. He glanced up from his laptop and sat back in his chair, crossing his muscular arms over his chest.

“Little girl, what did you do this time?” Jace asked.

“Daddy, it’s a funny story, really. I was drawing you and Zaddy a pretty picture and someone wanted to use the exact same markers that I needed to color the picture so I told them they could use them after I was done,” she said casually.

Zane tilted his head, giving her an exasperated look. “Really? Because the room monitor said you took the entire bin of markers and hid it under the table so that other Littles couldn’t use them, and then when one of the Littles confronted you about it, you threw yourself on the floor and had a tantrum.”

Shifting from foot to foot, she shrugged. “Those are just rumors, Zaddy.”

“We have camera footage rolling in that room. Shall we pull it up?” Zane asked.

Whoops! She forgot about the silly cameras.

“Okay, fine. I wasn’t sharing. But the two other Littles weren’t including me in their conversation, and it made me feel sad,” she admitted.

Zane led her over to the couch and pulled her onto his lap. “Baby girl, did you ask the other Littles if you could be friends with them? Or ask if you could all color together?”

She hated when her Daddies asked questions they already knew the answers to.

“No,” she said quietly.

“So maybe they didn’t know that you wanted to be a part of their conversation. I know it’s scary to put yourself out there, baby girl, but unless you try, you’ll never know,” Zane told her.

Letting out a sigh, she nodded. “I know, Zaddy. It’s just scary.”

“I know, baby girl. But, despite all that, whether people include you in their conversation or not, you know that in the playroom you need to share all the toys, right?”

“Yes, Zaddy. I know,” she replied.

He nodded. “Okay. You need to go stand in the corner over there for a bit and think about that.”

He pointed to the one corner of the room that was purposely kept bare for her. Except when she looked over at it, her mouth dropped open. There was a sign hung up that said ‘Ruby’s Naughty Corner’.

She looked back at Zane who smiled and winked. “I told you I was going to get a sign for you. I had a feeling you would spend so much time there that you’d need one. And guess what? Since it says your name on that corner, you don’t have to share it with others.”

Super. Such a thoughtful Zaddy.

He set her on her feet and patted her bottom, sending her on her way. She hated the corner. Hated it way more than a spanking. And her Daddies knew that, which was why they sent her to the corner often as part of her punishment. Mean Daddies.

Except they really weren’t mean. In the past month, they had done nothing but coddle and love her, even when she was being naughty.

After the incident at her parents’ party, they’d taken her to her apartment to pack up everything she wanted to take with her. Which wasn’t much since everything had been bought by her parents. The only things she’d decided to take were the Little clothes she’d bought online and a few of her favorite toys. She’d asked her Daddies to donate the rest of her toys to the club so there was even more stuff to play with in the playroom.

Every day since she’d moved in with them, another package showed up at their doorstep with clothes, toys, Little accessories, and more decorations for her playroom. She tried telling her Daddies that they were spoiling her, but they’d insisted they weren’t, so she didn’t argue.

Her parents hadn’t contacted her since that night, but a few of their friends had reached out and apologized to her for not realizing how she’d been treated by Evelyn and George. Apparently, a lot of her parents’ social circle had decided they didn’t want to have connections with people who neglected their own child. It didn’t really matter to Ruby either way. She knew her parents would never change and she just needed to accept that.

Luckily, it was a lot easier than she’d expected it to be, but she realized that it was hard to miss people who were never really there in the first place. And her Daddies gave her so much love and attention that she hardly ever thought about her parents. She’d finally found her real family and their names were Jace and Zane.

Her Daddies had hired her to work for them at the club as an office manager. She spent her working hours doing all of the scheduling, setting up events for the club, completing payroll, and a list of other duties that lightened Jace and Zane’s workload a bit so they were all able to spend more time at home together. In the evenings when the club was open, she spent several nights a week in the playroom, especially when Carly or Addie were there. Other nights she spent in the office where her Daddies had set up a small play area just for her so she could hang out and be Little while they were running the club.

She’d been texting with Carly and Addie a lot whenever they weren’t playing together at the club and the women were working on planning a slumber party with some of their other Little friends. She was really excited about that.

It felt really good having other women close to her age to talk to. She had even been texting with Hadley more and found out that her long-time internet friend was planning to move to Seattle in a few months. Apparently, her parents had passed away and she was ready for a new start somewhere else, so she’d decided to move closer to Ruby since they were basically BFFs, even though they’d never actually met in person. She could hardly wait!

“Come here, baby girl,” Zane said.

She turned and ran toward him, leaping into his lap. Thank goodness that torture was over.

“The two Littles you weren’t wanting to share with are waiting for you in the playroom. You need to apologize to them,” Zane told her.

Sticking her bottom lip out in a pout, she nodded and followed him back to the playroom where the two women were sitting at the coloring table.

“I’m sorry I wasn’t sharing the markers with you,” she said to both of them.

One of the women smiled wide. “That’s okay. Do you want to color with us now? We’d love to have you join us.”

Ruby looked back at Zane who nodded and smiled.

Turning back to the women, she grinned. “I’d love to.”

The second woman clapped her hands and bounced in her seat. “Yay! I’m Kylie by the way, and this is Emma.”

“I’m Ruby. It’s nice to meet you.”

Kylie’s eyes lit up. “You’re Ruby? My Daddy and Emma’s Daddy are brothers with Addie’s Daddy. Addie told us about you. Oh, yay! We can all be friends!”

Ruby watched as both the women smiled and nodded excitedly. Looking back, both her Daddies were standing behind her with proud expressions on their faces.

“Thank you,” she mouthed to them.

Zane winked at her, making her practically melt while Jace nodded and blew her a kiss.

Everything was going to be okay because she had the best Daddies in the world helping her to navigate life in a way she had never had the chance to do.