Warrior Angel

369 Pages·2007·1.45 MB·English

by  Margaret Weis

WWAARRRRIIOORR
AANNGGEELL
MMAARRGGAARREETT AANNDD LLIIZZZZ
WEIS
To my friends,
Beth, Kim and Kate,
who have forever changed me for the better.
Lizz
Long is the way
And hard, that out of hell leads up to light.
John Milton, Paradise Lost, (1667)
Bk. 2, 1. 404

Contents
Epigraph iii
Prologue
He sat in the antechamber, waiting to be
taken into… 1
One
As he paced about the antechamber to Heaven,
waiting impatiently… 8
Two
Wait for it…Wait for it… 25
Three
Saturday morning, Rachel woke to the chatter
of voices coming… 47
Four
Rachel frantically rushed around her condo,
throwing out newspapers, stuffing… 67
Five
Rachel was sitting at a beautifully appointed
table at Charlie… 76
Six
Derek stood on the sidewalk across the street,
watching Rachel’s… 85
Seven
The bell rang and trading finally halted for
the day… 94
Eight
Derek came straight up to Rachel. “I need
to talk… 110
Nine
The next morning Derek parked himself behind
the front lobby… 134
Ten
Rachel struggled through her day in the pits.
Fortunately this… 151
Eleven
Saturday morning, Rachel woke early with
a mission. She would… 166
Twelve
The rain stopped as quickly as it started,
though the… 184
Thirteen
Dinner with Zanus was fantastic as usual. He
had rented… 204
Fourteen
A week passed. Rachel had a sick feeling
in the… 224
Fifteen
“I feel a pair of deuces comin’ up next,
boys!… 240
Sixteen
When Derek returned to the lobby, the night
man was… 251
Seventeen
For the rest of the night, Derek struggled
with the… 273
Eighteen
The next day was hell for Rachel. 293
Nineteen
Rachel was fast asleep when she heard a
sound coming… 305
Twenty
Derek tried hard not to give way to despair,
but… 314
Twenty-one
Seated in the limo, which she had once
thought so… 321
Twenty-two
Zanus stood over Rachel’s shoulder, watching
her bring up the… 333
Twenty-three
Rachel woke the next morning to find that
she’d slept… 347
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Other Books by Margaret and Lizz Weis
Cover
Copyright
About the Publisher