In this chapter, we learn that hadal has been trying to remain a mate for Amane, so that he can protect him from Hadal's advances. This is not the first time he has tried to do this, but this time it's done in a way that makes it seem like he's trying to protect Amane's reputation. In fact, hadal had planned this whole time to make sure that Amane would be the one to protect Hadal from harm. In other words, he was trying to keep him on his side, even if it meant that he'd have to give up his position as a mate to Amane. But Amane says that he never planned this, because he always wanted to be his own man. He says that if he had, he would have told him to stop, but he didn't want Amane to think that he was lying, so he had to tell him what he really wanted to hear: that he wants to be an adult, and that he doesn't owe anyone anything at all. He wants power, he says, and power is what he needs right now. If Amane had told him that he had been doing this all along, he wouldn't have had to go to see him, and he would never have been afraid that he would give him grief. He tells Amane that he has always loved him, ever since they were 12 years old, when Amane told