ONYX This couldn't be happening. He was probably just messing with me. I had seen Melody grasping his clothes. He couldn't have missed her. So why wouldn't he admit that he had met his mate? It didn't make any sense! Or maybe I was just overthinking it, and he simply didn't want to admit it to me. That made a bit more sense. After all, Ruhn hated me. He absolutely hated me, and all those pancake games were nothing more than a ploy to make me… do what exactly? What was he doing? He was giving me so many mixed signals that my head was hurting. It wasn't like he was winning something by not telling me that he had a mate. Then again, maybe he decided to keep it quiet for Melody's protection. Yes, that was possible. In the book, he did not admit it at once, but he was crazy about her. She