Seeing the scene, Iris‘ usually cold, unfeeling heart suddenly tightened.
For the most part, dogs were truly more loyal than humans, especially military dogs.
Once they recognized a master, betrayal was impossible.
Iris hugged Summer’s head tightly. “Summer, I’m so sorry for everything in our last life.”
“Woof!” Summer responded crisply, nudging its head into her arms, doing its best to soothe her.
Although it didn’t know why Iris felt so heavy–hearted.
Iris lingered there for a while, watching the dogs, before finally leading Summer back to her base.
That evening, she brought the dogs a fresh supply of food and rebandaged their wounds.
Summer, watching, growled and barked at them, clearly displeased.
“Woof! Woof! Woof!”
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“You bunch of freeloaders! Stop eating my master’s food!”
The military dogs whined but dared not defy it. Yet around Iris, they were unusually affectionate.
Whenever she showed up, they would swarm her and linger by
her side.
Two days passed in a blur.
The dogs kept watch outside Iris‘ lane, their eyes eagerly scanning for anything. Whenever a vehicle passed, they would follow it for a bit, and upon realizing it wasn’t their master, they would sadly return to their posts.
They also cleared the area of zombies.
Any zombie approaching Iris‘ territory was dealt with swiftly and lethally. No intruder was ever allowed inside.
Iris, seeing their unwavering resolve, kept up her routine. She delivered food once a day, checked their wounds, and then returned to her base.
However, something happened on the evening of the third day.
After finishing her base duties, Iris went to check on the dogs. From a distance, she saw them sprinting forward at full speed.
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themselves with excitement.
She climbed to her usual lookout on the broken wall with Summer and scanned ahead. Out of the city’s direction, a line of green military vehicles emerged.
At this moment, Iris understood.
The dogs had finally found their master.
The military dogs sprinted toward the approaching trucks, their sudden appearance catching the convoy off guard.
One of the trailing vehicles screeched to a halt.
A young soldier hopped out of the cab.
He swept one of the dogs into a massive hug.
The other dogs swarmed around him, barking and leaping in joyful surprise.
One of the dogs dashed back to their old camp, snatching up a piece of fresh meat and bringing it to him.
He looked surprised at the sight of the fresh beef, but soon he gently released the dogs.
Hungry himself, he returned the meat to them and turned 3/6
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Orders had come from the base. Survivors were to be given priority, and the dogs had to be left behind.
It was a command, and there was no room for sentiment.
The dogs, sensing the separation, lunged at his green truck one by one.
Even from a distance, Iris could hear the panicked screams.
“Why are there dogs here?”
“Get lost! Beat it!”
“Virus! Watch out!”
“Get these monsters away from us! Help!”
The soldier hurried back into his vehicle, engine roaring. The soldier slammed the door and gunned the engine. The dog he had just embraced leaped toward him, meat still in its mouth. But instead of a warm hug, it met a cold, hard door.
“Boom.”
The trucks roared forward, quickly catching up with the vehicles ahead.
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The distance only grew, and eventually, they couldn’t keep up.
By the time the dogs limped back, they were covered in fresh wounds, and the spark of hope they had carried all day was
gone.
They wandered aimlessly, looking like ghosts of their former selves. They truly had no one now.
This was the cruel reality of the apocalypse. No one had a choice.
Even if someone might have wanted to save them, in the end, survival meant making impossible decisions. In this world, when push came to shove, humans were chosen over dogs.
“This time, you’re finally coming with me, right?”
Iris appeared in front of them.
“I said it, I’ll never abandon a single one of you. Just trust me
once.”
She wasn’t some shining hero trying to save the world. She didn’t need people. She needed dogs.
The pack of beaten–down dogs paused for a moment at the sight of a human standing before them. Soon, Stumpy–the dog Iris had spent so much to patch up–stepped forward from the 5/6
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It circled around her once, let out a soft whine, and flopped at
her feet.
Once Stumpy joined, the rest of the pack surged forward, surrounding Iris.
When Iris brought the military dogs back to her base, the familiar system chime sounded in her head.
“Beep–Detected 15 base dogs! Loyalty: 100%!
“Reward—Base dogs‘ health fully restored! Base defenses doubled! 150 points awarded!”
Iris‘ eyes lit up
at the notification.
By the time she returned with the dogs, her base had undergone another upgrade. The main gate was reinforced, the barbed wire doubled in height, every mesh bristled with razor–sharp spikes, and her bunker inside had been revamped -doors replaced, walls reinforced a hundredfold.
From the outside, her base now looked every bit like a fortress.
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Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland’s breathtaking cold.
