Really liked the summary part, Mal. And obviously the fist scene was great.
seeing Ari- Cat scamper around the harem made me think about some classic film and TV scenes where there are uncut longshots. Think goodfellas, Birdman, it's always sunny’s episode Charlie Work (definitely worth a view if you've got half an hour). I think it'd be an interesting chapter format where all you do is follow Ari as she moves around the harem. Sort of a longer version of what you did in this chapter.
It'd be a good way to check in on different characters (and developing plots you were going to cover anyway) by having Ari spy on them. Instead of us just seeing a conversation, we'd get to view it through Ari’s cat eyes and see her unique perspective.
I remember you did this with an Alex chapter where we got to see into his mind, going through his daily trials. But I think Ari’s perspective and current mindset is the most distorted and fucked up, which would make it the most interesting of the whole group. And I imagine you'd tie a sex scene into all of it and it'd be amazing to get inside her cat mind for that.
Anyway, that’s just a thought that I hope you can toss around as a writing mechanic for maybe Billion Dollar Harem or some other story.
Amazing work, as always. Please keep up the great writing, Mal.