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

“Dark Zeus?” Andre complained. “It’s The Invisible Man, dude. Stop raining on my name parade!” 


Danny chuckled. “Be there in a sec.” 


It was indeed only seconds later that he jumped into the morgue and replaced his normal Zeus suit with the black one. He was about to turn invisible and head out, when Lynn stopped him, her smile guarded as she gently took his arm. 


“It’s nothing, Danny, I just wanted to say, if it is Ludgate…even if it isn’t, remember we’re here with you, no matter what happens. It’s okay if you don’t catch him.”


No, it isn’t, Danny thought, because people could get hurt—people always got hurt when he failed. So far Ludgate hadn’t hurt anyone, but Danny couldn’t take that chance, not with someone so powerful. Still, he understood what she meant. He had to keep his frustration from leaking out and controlling his actions. He couldn’t exactly stop mid-fight to take one of his pills. Maybe he should take one now…


Chapter 90