Ashton’s POV
By the time we arrive at the hotel in the city for our first away game, darkness has already swallowed the skyline. I clamber off the team coach, stretching out the kinks that have settled in my spine from sitting so damn long. Even a luxury coach can’t completely eradicate the pain of a ten hour drive. I grab my suitcase from the line of luggage our driver has created beside the coach and follow my teammates into the sleek, modern building in front of us.
I head straight to the front desk and check in swiftly. The clerk hands me a key to a double room on the fifth floor, one that I don’t have to share. It is one of the few, but much appreciated perks that I get being the team captain.
Dalton is behind me, he sidles up to the desk, signature smile in place as he starts to f
