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

“He could have done that any time…” Danny repeated. “He wanted me to see, wanted me to think…” Jerking up straighter, he made Mal flinch despite himself. “He used a mirror! Mirrors. Reflections. That’s how he’s been doing it! I thought he was phasing through matter or teleporting, but he was using mirrors and glass to travel through reflections!” Danny’s voice filled with that energy Mal so loved about him. “So if he could have taken the diamond at any time, why wait, unless…”


“Unless he wanted us to fight,” Mal finished Danny’s thought. “Which means he knows…”


They stared at each other as the truth sunk in, because reflections were everywhere and they hadn’t seen Ludgate until he wanted them to, which meant he could have been anywhere at any time, watching them, learning about them. 


Mal slid his goggles back into place. Slowly, he and Danny rose to their feet. 


Chapter 94