OMG! I can feel my heart swell at this thing. It's so wholesome and adorable. I hope the author doesn't do anything foolish like bring the mom back or another love interest or something like that. They are too perfect and precious.
I am only reading here and have no idea where the story is really going, but here's what I think will happen.
1. ML will turn out to be possessed/cursed (a way for the writer to justify what he has done; after all, it wasn't him; It was the possession/curse making him do those bad things)
2. the ML's men didn't kill MC's mom
3. Mr. Second ML, who looks like a green flag in comparison to the other dudes in this story but who is still problematic, is the one who killed the mom. (and it's likely he or his mom caused the ML to be the way he is)
4. While it's implied that ML's mom did something to him, it will turn out that she was trying to protect him from whatever was done to him. (after all, if she was the one making him messed up, why would she get him art therapy)
5. At some point, ML will start being kind to MC. His behavior will also change toward everyone as his 'real' self starts to shine because of his love for MC.
6. As MC finds these things out, he will gradually fall in love with ML
7. Not being accepted by the tribe and named or not being pure blood will prevent the toxin from working, so the ML won't die.
I think the end game is for MC and ML to be together and have a happy ending.
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I won't know I survived it until something else gets me. But I'm still walking past open windows, so that's something anyway.