Athena met the boy's suspicious look with one that was perfectly, infuriatingly opaque. That look told her she'd deduced correctly; seconds later, Marcella confirmed it by calling his name.
She continued to contemplate him as he crossed the room in long strides to wrap his arms around her niece. Tragos. A boy whose fate hung somewhere between Ares' service and Melpomene's favour and Apollo's ire. No wonder Hecate's eye was on him. Walking a line between so many gods – his name might just turn out to be all too apt.
"Apollo was persuaded that it would not be in his interests to make war with Ares," she explained. "Healing Marcie was one of the terms of the truce."