When Tragos stated the wagers that were on tonight's fight were huge, he wasn't lying. Ares was going through his books, checking numbers against names, making sure dollar amounts added up. Sparta sat in the empty dog bed, watching the door.
Ares looked up with Tragos entered, announcing Melpomene. "Don't go yet, I have a message for Jason. Wait outside," he instructed the young man, and then smiled as Melpomene joined him. "Here for the fight are you?" Of course she was. She wouldn't miss her boy fighting. Sparta's tail thumped on the floor a couple of times as he recognized her, but he stayed in his post.