Chapter XVII
BY THE TIME WE MADE it to the club, I was still going through various deities and trying to remember what they required to win their favors. Did Ishtar have those temples where people had s*x with the priestesses? I could make up for her help with a week-long sexcapade with Seth when this was over.
“Are you ready?” Victor asked, shifting his weight from one leg to the other. “You might pass out.”
I’d sprawled on a couch. I might at least get comfortable if they were going to knock me out. Anukh looked around, feral senses showing in his neon-bright gaze.
“Relax,” Victor said, smirking at him. “The humans are all upstairs. Armand is treating them to food and drinks, so we have a while.”
“I still don’t like this,” Anukh said. “Too out in the open.”
“We’re in a hurry,” I sa
