Chapter 11 -- Getting a handle on things.
They straightened up and dressed quickly when they heard a knock at the door. Sandy released her gravity lock when they were presentable.
Jez called out, "Come in."
Daniel opened the door then headed to the bar. After two steps he chuckled smelling the sex in the air.
Daniel brought the coffee mixed with baileys over and handed it to Jez and commented, "Guess I am going to have to get used to that smell. Sandy you need a drink?"
Sandy blushed at his comment then answered the question, "Wine?"
Jez watched Daniel get Sandy a glass of red then cautiously asked, "So, what are my responsibilities as Arch?"
Daniel said, "Well, you are in charge of all the Angels, so you can direct them of course, but your actual main job is to keep the peace with other supernatural races as much as possible. It is up to you really what you do. I mean you could order us to go kill them all if you wanted, but I doubt you will do that.
"You know, Weres, Elves, Demons, Witches."
Jez noticed Daniel had almost smugness about him so she asked, "Why are you so smug?"
Daniel sighed and said, "Truthfully, I was hoping for this outcome, the last Arch was a complete idiot, and lazy. Not many people like Angels you know, or at least not the ones that actually know us. We are naturally arrogant when we are young, surprisingly we are a lot like Demons are in that respect.
"I am hopeful you will bring good change, changing the perceptions of the other races will take a long time. Forcing the Angels to be more respectful of other races including humans would take us a long way.
"It won't fix everything of course, life is messy, but if we have to struggle it might as well be in a good direction."
Jez resisted the urge to say why me and feel sorry for herself. "What about vampires, I noticed you left them off the list."
Daniel shuddered, "Disgusting undead things, we have standing orders to kill them on sight of course."
"Okay, my first order is to kill in self defense only, can you get that around or do I need to order all the area supervisors like you?"
Daniel nodded and said, "Close your eyes." After Jez closes her eyes he continues, "Now find the command power and embrace it, let it spread out."
Jez felt the power in her and with her eyes closed she reached out with it. It kind of felt like she could converse with many minds at once, but only one way. She located the minds of all the Angels at Daniel's level in North America as her power spread out.
It seemed amazing to her but this power had no distance restraint, she actually had to restrain herself from going beyond this continent.
Once she felt connected she sent out the order and ordered it be disseminated down to the last Angel on the continent.
She opened her eyes and looked soberly at Daniel and whispered, "I don't want this, and it's too much power for one being."
She shudders. "I guess the Human's are right about something, Angels have no free will."
Sandy felt Jezebel's fear at the temptation and dark lure of such power, also the realization of the huge responsibility she was taking on. She leaned over and caressed Jezebel's cheek with her left hand while whispering in her right ear, "I will be your check, if you stray. I will let you know."
Sandy felt Jezebel's relief as she nodded.
Jez said, "Thank you Dee." Turning to Daniel she asks, "What other orders are you currently under."
Daniel shakes his head, "None, the orders broke when he died."
There was a knock on the door.
Jez said, "enter," and watched as a beautiful female Angel came in holding a stack of papers. She had wavy long blonde hair, a little lighter than Sandy's, blue eyes and a petite figure.
She knelt and said, "Arch, my name is Natalie, I have some things that need your signature."
Jez said in exasperation, "Stand, speak respectfully to me but all this kneeling has to stop. Pass the word when we are done here would you?"
Natalie turned red and nodded. She started handing over the paperwork.
Jez started signing and asked, "What is all this stuff?"
Natalie replied, "I am the accountant for North America, basically these documents are transferring all the bank accounts and mansions over to your name."
Jez stopped writing and looked up slowly and said in a weak voice, "Mansions? As in plural?"
Natalie replied, "Yes Arch, you control a little over 350 million in assets including mansions. There is the one here, one in NY and another in Vegas."
Jez giggled, "Wait, the Angels have a mansion in sin city?"
Natalie grinned shyly, "Yes, we have a presence there mostly because the Elves, they love sin city and request we meet them there sometimes."
Jez said, "Nice, how long would it take to move our headquarters to NY instead of here, and is it anywhere near NYU?"
Natalie smiled and said, "About 15 miles, maybe a half hour commute with traffic. You could always stay by campus and just come out to the house a few times a week if that would bother you."
Jez nodded in agreement and asked, "Anything else going on that I need to know now? Meetings or what have you."
Natalie and Daniel glance at each other and Natalie replied, "Not that I know of, the other races are fairly quiet right now."
Jez said, "How about staff?"
Natalie looked up in thought, "Well mostly your area supervisors will handle all the Angels, so at your level it is mostly delegation. I handle the finances, which basically means if you want something it's my job to get it for you.
"You also have a second who handles your schedule and passes any complaints or issues he can't handle up to you. His name is Gene. Other than that no one really important, you have human servants and property managers but I deal with them.
"Oh, you also have 20 body guards. There are usually 4 of them with you at all times."
Natalie asks, "Let me see your phone please?"
Natalie takes the phone from Jez and programs in her and Gene's numbers then gets Jezebel's number for herself and Gene.
Jezebel is starting to feel overwhelmed again. What has she gotten into?
Jezebel says, "Wait, back up a second. I can't have 4 Angels following me around all the time. That would be annoying."
Daniel answered that one, "They can keep a discreet distance if you wish it. They can monitor from outside class and not even enter your apartment and still be seconds away."
Jezebel looking stunned says, "It's time to head back to NY I think, we have classes in the morning."
Looking to Natalie she says, "Let me know when you and Gene get settled in NY and I'll come out to the mansion."
As they get up a strange feeling in her stomach causes Jezebel to gasp and everyone looks at her.
"Damn it," Jez says, "Apparently with my Angel side in balance I need food again, I haven't had to eat food since I came into my succubus powers. Two powers, two races and now two stomachs. Great."
Sandy snickers, "Is my baby hungry?" Looking to Daniel she says, "Restaurant on the way back to the airport please."
Sandy whispers to Jez, "Is it just me or is it a real shame Angels are so hot, I mean, what's the point?"
Jez agrees, "Yeah, its weird being attracted to someone that doesn't or can't have sex."
Jez was troubled, she figured out quick that she may be able to command Angels but that was pretty much an empty power because she wouldn't use it unless she had to. Or at least she was determined not to.
The Angels had pretty much gone from a problem to a responsibility that would add multiple problems with races she really didn't know about. Not to mention more Demons, who she considered her kind, would probably want to kill her now. She wasn't looking forward to the traitor abomination comments.
Elves and Weres, she would need to get help on how to deal with them, maybe her father.
They stopped at a steak house and had a wonderful meal. She enjoyed getting to know Natalie who had a no nonsense attitude to business but a wicked sense of humor. To her surprise even though it shouldn't have been, she found her and Daniel to be entertaining company.
Angels are people too, who knew? This actually made her feel a lot better about things. At least that she could like some of the beings she was in charge of. This Arch business would be a lot more unpleasant otherwise. She had a feeling it would be enough of a pain in the ass without hating the actual people she ruled.
Sandy was her rock and grounding point, Jez would have broken down hours ago if she didn't have her. She resolved not to take her for granted, ever. She gave her sexy Witch a very sensual massage on the flight home, showing her just how grateful she was to have her in her life.
Multiple times.
It was hard to verbalize feelings sometimes but she took comfort in knowing it wasn't necessary in Sandy's case. The beautiful Witch could read every feeling and tender thought that Jez had about her.
Jez had Daniel drop them both off at the club so she could give an update on what went down. As soon as she walked in the door her father and Tony teased her by going down on their knees and looking like supplicants.