Maya could feel that the game she was playing now wasn’t on the field. It was hidden in the spaces between training drills, in the late-night conversations, in the small glances she caught when no one was paying attention.

Football had rules. Life didn’t.

And right now, Maya was fighting a game that could cost someone their soul.

Her soul once upon a time.

“Come on, Captain, you look like you’re carrying the whole team on your shoulders,” Amelia teased one morning as they walked ...