Heroes aren't meant to act like their villains -- or fall in love with them. The elements touch everyone on Earth -- Fire, Water, even Light -- but every so often someone becomes more attuned to their elemental leaning and develops true power. When an evil Elemental known as Thanatos arrived in Olympus City, it saw the rise of its first hero -- Zeus. But the death toll caused by defeating Thanatos changed Zeus, who by day is young detective Danny Grant. It's been six months since Thanatos terrorized the city at the start of Lovesick Gods. Danny should be used to his duty behind the mask, but the recent past haunts him. His girlfriend left him, he snaps at the barest provocation, his life feels empty -- he needs an outlet, any outlet to pull him out of his depression. Enter notorious thief Malcolm Cho, the Ice Elemental Prometheus. There was a time when Danny welcomed a fight with Cho, filled with colorful banter and casual flirtations that were a relief compared to Thanatos. Even as a criminal, Cho had recognized the threat Thanatos posed and promised to help Danny stop him, but the day Danny needed Cho, he never showed. Cho was the reason so many people died that day -- including Danny's mother. Danny decides to teach the man a lesson and fan the fire of their attraction into something more. At worst, he'll get some no-strings-attached sex out of the deal and finally blow off steam; at best, he'll get Cho to fall in love with him and then break his heart to spite him. Danny doesn't expect to fall for Cho in the process, and he certainly can't predict the much darker threat on the horizon.

Lovesick Gods

“Thai food, Mickey?” Lucy called across the room as she entered the cramped workspace, holding a familiar takeout menu. 


“Sounds perfect, Luce,” Mal suppressed a smirk. “I’ll head out after. You know what I like.”


“You’re going home at a decent hour for a change? Usually when we’re this close to a heist, you burn through the night at both ends. And not in any fun way.” 


She dropped the menu on the worktable and leaned on her arms on top of it, dressed in a low-cut black top that reminded Mal of her Gaia suit. Lucy’s costume was form-fitting like his but without the high collar, and she wore a more billowy sleeveless cloak with a hood rather than a duster, forest green and patterned with fleur-de-lis. 


“What’s his name?” She nudged him with a playful, knowing look.


“Ooo, but you’re not denying there’s a ‘him’ involved. Do I know him?”


Mal dropped his phone on the table and fixed her with a raised eyebrow. 


Chapter 13