"Left him alive," Ares replied, crossing to the window to look out at the lake. "Dogs had a go at him first. Taught him a lesson he won't forget... if he makes it." That little tug that he'd felt still bothered him, now that he'd thought about it. He wouldn't put it past the Fates to make themselves felt, if that's what they wanted.
And Aphrodite, of course. She wouldn't have been pleased with him.