Looking in the direction that everyone else was, Zane immediately strode toward two Littles seemingly in the middle of a disagreement.

“I wasn’t done with it. You can have it when I’m done,” a Little that he knew as Tessa said.

Looking at the other Little, Zane furrowed his eyebrows. He had never seen her before and if he had, he would have surely remembered her.

“What’s going on here, girls?” he asked.

Both women looked up at him. Tessa was frowning and looked to be on the verge of tears while the other woman was scowling with her arms crossed.

“She snatched the book out of my hand while I was in the middle of reading it, so I grabbed it back,” Tessa explained in a wobbly voice.

Looking at the other Little, Zane raised his eyebrows. “Is that true?”

The Little huffed and lowered her gaze from his.

“Eyes up here. Now,” he commanded.

Her eyes snapped up to his and he could see so much defiance in her gaze that it made his palms itch. If she were his, he was certain she’d have a hot bottom quite frequently if this attitude was anything to go by.

“Is what Tessa said true?” he asked again.

“The rules say we have to share the toys. She wasn’t sharing,” she told him.

Tilting his head, Zane wondered who this little girl was and who she belonged to. Despite the grumpy expression on her face, she was gorgeous. Long, curly brown hair pulled up in high pigtails, pouty pink lips, and the bluest eyes he’d ever seen.

He didn’t even know the woman yet the thought of her lips on him made his cock ache. When was the last time he’d had a reaction to a woman? It had been months since he and Jace had even had sex. But this arousal felt unexplainably different.

“You’re right about that. The toys all need to be shared here but snatching something out of someone’s hands isn’t polite. Did you ask Tessa if you could read the book after she was done?”

He knew before she even opened her mouth that she was about to lie to him.

“Yes.”

“You did not! You’re lying!” Tessa cried out.

Before he could stop it, the little girl in front of him snatched the book from Tessa’s hands and threw it.

“Okay, that’s it. You. Stand up right now,” he said sternly, pointing to the Little he didn’t know.

She let out a long dramatic sigh before climbing to her feet. She was a tiny little thing compared to him. Maybe a few inches over five feet, with thick thighs and full breasts and she was absolutely fucking adorable.

“Do you have a Top here?” he asked.

Rolling her eyes, the woman shook her head. “Here we go again.”

Oh, the sass on this one. He wanted to take a paddle to her bottom already.

“Again, huh? I take it this isn’t your first time being in trouble?”

When she didn’t respond and didn’t look at him, Zane reached out and hooked her chin with his index finger, tilting her head back.

“What’s your name?” he asked.

“Ruby.”

“I’m Zane. One of the owners of the club. Now, do you have a Top here?”

She shook her head no, but he didn’t miss the longing expression on her face as she did so.