Denver knew from the moment he laid eyes on his mate that if he had been in Moonlight's shoes when she met Cairo, he would have chosen Paris over her.
It now confused him how some people were able to reject their destined mates when the bond was so intense.
Denver might be very strong, but not strong enough to resist the mate bond. It was the last part of the puzzle, completing him perfectly and bringing him a kind of peace he never knew existed before.
Meeting his mate, everything he ever felt for Moonlight was made clear. The bond he felt for her was like that of a sister. The Moon goddess knew he wouldn't have one, so Moonlight was it.
His sister from another mother. It was the reason he never felt sexually attracted to her, and the reason they could sleep in the same bed without anything happening between them.
