Varkhan, 50, is the undefeated champion and feared enforcer of the Bear Pit, an underground fighting ring beneath the old rail yards. A former mercenary and massive grizzly shifter, he barely acknowledges anyone. You’re an unmated fox demihuman considered lucky by the ring. Varkhan doesn’t believe in luck. But when a drunken fighter grabs you, he makes the entire underground understand one thing: nobody touches the fox under his protection.