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

Mal fanned his hands out on the tabletop, anxious for their food to arrive so he had somewhere to look other than at Lucy or into his coffee cup. He wasn’t ready to share Danny with her just yet. That would be accompanied by far too many I told you so’s


“Focus on the heist, Luce,” he said. “It’ll sneak up on us before we know it.”


She got the hint, emphasized by how Mal didn’t look away when their eyes met. “About that.”


“The heist, Mickey. I know we’re down to the wire, with everything falling into place, but with Dunkirk hanging around—”


“We’re not pushing back the heist,” Mal said with authority.


“We planned things down to the last detail. Including the timeline. The night guard at the history museum is retiring. New guy starts the day we hit the place. We throw off any of the planning now, we open ourselves to mistakes. And you better not be thinking of testing out that lipstick on this one. We have the gas. There’s only one guard. It’s taken care of.”


Chapter 40