Antyny was ecstatic. Finally, everything was coming together. He had been in love with Prince Jasper when they first met as teenagers. The Witch community was very accepting of same-sex relationships, but non-Witches in Karagot were not. And so, Antyny kept his feelings to himself.
But now that he was King, Antyny was changing things. His regime was Witch-centric, uplifting his fellow Witches from the dregs of society to the top of the social ladder. The dominant culture of Karagot was now Witch culture. If the King's Queen was a man with a womanhood, no one would care, or risk imprisonment. After all, many same-sex Witch couples would change their genitals when they wished to produce children.
Antyny gave Jasper a few days to recover from the birth before presenting him as his betrothed. The applause from the room filled entirely with Witches had been deafening. He kept to himself the time Jasper spent as Janessa. No one needed to know how well he was fooled.
Jasper began to join Antyny in the throne room and at events, filling the role he would officially have once they were wed. He also moved into Antyny's bedroom, where the two made sweet love every night. Quite quickly, Jasper was pregnant again, this time with identical male triplets. His belly began to swell, requiring new clothes. He was no longer wearing the skimpy concubine uniform, after all, but rather the elegant clothes to be expected of a Royal.
Antyny wasn't sure whether Jasper loved him back. His betrothed was still bewitched to desire him and bear his children. But he didn't care. He had Jasper right where he wanted him. By his side. And Jasper was demure and obedient, like a proper Queen.
Until the day Antyny brought him to one of his concubine recruitments. These sessions were where Antyny transformed enemies of the Crown, sometimes into concubines for his harem, sometimes into wives for his workers, sometimes into children for his fellow Witches, as Witch stock tended to struggle with fertility.
This was the first time Jasper was attending. His belly was round, as he was halfway through the pregnancy. His clothes clung to his body, showing off his baby bump. The specific fit was Antyny's request.
A few enemies were brought in and transformed. However, when the fifth was escorted into the court, Jasper let out a cry of distress. Antyny's heart sank. His love would be violently upset with him for transforming...