Thanks for the questions. I did leave this tale with a few loose threads and could certainly have continued it but chose this point as my exit. To address your questions. 1. Imogen survived with Anna’s and Veronica intervention though she was greatly damaged by Inanna. Further Imogen's resistance while far less than Anna’s assisted the others in helping defeat Inanna. 2. In my mind Rachel discovered Valen and that could a whole other story. :) 3. The Anna we see in chapter 1 is unleashed at the end of chapter 9 when drunken Jerry tries to force himself on her. At that point Inanna's influence over Anna is very strong. We see elements of that same kind of influence in Imogen affecting her dreams though the second gathering hastily preempted their preparations to perform the rite so the influence was lessened plus Inanna was still weakened from the attempt to inhabit Anna.

I hope I have adequately addressed the very valid concerns you've listed. Thanks again.