Maya
The luxury team bus is unusually quiet. Ethan stares out the rain-speckled window beside me, refusing to look in my direction. Every few seconds, another player glances back at us before whispering to his teammate. Yesterday changed everything.
To the world, I am the brilliant doctor who tamed the league's wildest beast. But to these elite athletes, I am an outsider who just brought a massive media circus straight into their locker room.
"Look at them," Julian Vance’s voice cuts through the low murmur of the bus.
He stands up from his seat a few rows ahead, turning around to face us. He is wearing the fluorescent starter’s bib over his tracksuit, a visual reminder that he is taking Ethan’s spot on the pitch today. His cocky, insufferable smirk is fully back in place.
"The captain
