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

“Turn it on. He’ll reach for us again, he’ll have to. When he does, it’ll slow him down.”


“I’ll turn on the suit to go invisible and jump over to grab him. You turn the field off before it affects me.”


It wasn’t perfect, and their timing had to be exact, but Mal wasn’t coming up with any better ideas. Flipping on the switch for the cold field, he expanded it to fill the room. “It’s up. Keep my pace,” he said, turning them one step at a time, shoulders touching again, like some morbid, backwards dance, “and warn me before you do anything stupid.”


“Okay. Let’s give him some bait. Ludgate!” Danny reached a hand back to place on Mal’s hip, startling him. He tugged Mal backward, pivoting but also bringing them closer to one of the panes of glass. “I thought you said something about a name when we first met! You have manynames, as it turns out, right…Cassius? So who are you, huh? I hope your villain title is better than…Reflector or…Fun House!” 


Chapter 95