He may have super powers, but his is no hero's story... For someone who has no idea how he acquired his special abilities, all Daniel wants is to live a simple, emotionally detached life. He has a quiet day job, a solo night job and no social life to speak of, and that's just the way he likes it. That is until Olivia King, a woman from a past he'd rather leave behind, talks her way back into his life and he discovers that he is neither strong nor fast enough to fight off the attraction. Just as he finally accepts that she could be a permanent fixture in his life, Olivia disappears and he upends New York City to try and save the day. But when being honorable doesn’t get him results, Daniel yields to the dark pull of his powers, committing unspeakable acts in order to rescue the only person he’s trusted with his secrets. And just when his life could not possibly get more complicated, a psychic delivers some damning news that will pit his own happiness against the safety of those around him. Daniel has never considered himself a hero, but in the end, as he looks at the blood on his hands, he wonders if he isn’t the villain of the story after all. —- For mature audiences only.

\\ This is a short story set in The Origin universe. \\ A story of a man whose life was touched by Daniel Johnson.

She will never be the same again... Olivia King's life transformed the day she entered a bank in Harlem and shook Daniel Johnson's hand, but he abandoned her in her time of need and fled the city without even an uttered goodbye. In the months after his disappearance, Olivia learns to fight and, in the process, becomes her own hero. But something mysterious is developing beneath the city, and it could very well change the course of history. Olivia discovers that the dead never stay gone and secrets never stay buried. By the end, she and her beloved city will never be the same again.