After Antyny finished with his concubines, he left, reminding Janessa she would join him at the council meeting in the morning. Janessa let herself catch her breath for a few minutes; Antyny truly had to be using magic to increase his stamina. She then got up and went to the powder room inside the harem quarters. As she cleaned the various bodily fluids from her skin, she thought more.
The best option was clearly to seek out those who were loyal to the previous regime, called Royalists. Once she found them, Janessa could serve as a Royalist spy. Working to take down Antyny's rule from the inside seemed to be her only chance to do something that would allow her to eventually return to being Prince Jasper. It also had the bonus of allowing herself to continue sex with Antyny, which she did not want to give up. Even if it meant bearing his child.
Now cleaned, Janessa began to apply the oils and perfumes that kept her skin and hair soft and sweet-smelling. She had to keep up her beauty routine if she wished to remain Antyny's favorite and be of use as a spy. When she finished, she left the powder room and went to her bed. As she fell asleep, she smiled. Tomorrow, she would seek out Royalists. And when she found them, she would be surprised to find they were members of...