Shakespeare's Champion (Lily Bard Series #2) Book

[ I could think of no reason for Mookie to die, except for her to be hanging onto life just in order to talk to Lily. That is - offensive. There's nothing suggesting that Lily should be that important to Mookie, except of course for the fact that Lily went running to ask for Mookie's help (she has a rifle and the targets to prove she's a good shot!) to save Jack, which led to her death. But Mookie says it's okay, as she got to kill some of the guys who'd murdered her brother. So really - Lily has yet another installment of pain, injury, near-death, before getting back to her life, her sexy times with Jack, whatever - while Mookie's dead before Lily gets back to her own hospital bed. Look the least bit like the characters of colour are more props to Lily's story than much else? Yeah, to me it does. (hide spoiler)]