Chapter 64
Desirability and arousal … are yours, Inana.
Profit, gain, great wealth and greater wealth are yours, Inana….
Assigning virility, dignity, guardian angels,
Protective deities and cult centres are yours, Inana.
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—Endheduanna,
Sumerian High Priestess
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NINSIANNA
The air in the harem had changed the last few days. Not necessarily dirty, but that sterile quality she hated about Lucifer's ship had begun to change, as if the air sparkled with life. If Ninsianna had to put a name to it, she would say the inside of the ship smelled like Little Nemesis when she came into heat?
Apausha flicked out his long, forked tongue and grimaced.
"You can smell it, too?" Ninsianna asked.
Apausha snorted.
"Somebody needs to get off their tailfeathers and clean out the air filtration sys
