The bouncer, Umar, almost blew it when he saw me at the door. Luckily, Kenji had been standing slightly in front of me, so he didn’t see me give the man a small headshake. And the damn vault of a door I’d installed for Magomed’s fight venue covered the shit poker face the bouncer had. That’s how I came to train with Zabit. I made a deal with Magomed. I’d do his security setup if he taught me how to fight properly. That had been years ago now.

