this is like my lil theory only based on the fact that at the beginning after solan came back the past each time she killed herself or went to sleep(?) she’d wake up in the carriage and i assume thats because of the ml. my theory is the times she did kill herself he felt it and turned back time and each time she did he kind of slowly realized his feelings for her. at least thats my theory. hes still a piece of shit but at the same time he doesnt 100% understand human emotions so the more hes around solan the more he starts to understand them and hopefully the worse he feels about how he treated her :>
i hope this makes senses in a way ;v;
The fact that dragons become living corpses after their mates die and the fact that he didnt even know/think she was his mate not until she took her life means that he only turned back time because he was going mad at being mate-less, not because he actually cared for her or felt sorry for her. It's as if he only "loves" her and wants her alive because he needs her for him to stay sane.
I'm sure this is opposite to what the author intends to show, but ml's feelings are so fucking shallow. He doesn't need Solan the person, he just needs the role Solan plays as his mate.