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

Danny wasn’t about to tell his dad the specifics on why he was more relaxed. “Yeah, I was trying to enjoy some time off before the call came in last night.”


“Sorry, kiddo. No rest for the righteous, huh?”


Danny was fairly certain that wasn’t how the quote went. But he sensed his window closing to confess to his dad that he really didneed a break, that he needed to talk, that he was floundering and hurting and didn’t know how to explain what was wrong. 


Doing that would only worry John though, when he was still going through his own grieving process. Besides, Danny was handling it. A few weeks with Cho would be all the ‘rest’ he needed. 


Letting his father pat his shoulder once more, Danny watched him walk away without either of them saying another word.   7


“Hey, Danny. Think you can get away for lunch?”


Chapter 22