Stella blinked. Ran into Akmon? No wonder he's shaking like a leaf. She wraps him in a hug, her heart twinging when he whimpers. Suddenly the craving for the watermelon takes a back seat to comforting him. "Ari...He isn't going to hurt you again. I promise," she says softly, feeling his shaking ease a bit. Hasina? Hasina is the daughter of Akmon? What woman would let a creature like him touch her, never mind lay with him. "So that's why Hasina was so interested in you," Stella mutters.