Once home, I gazed into the room I had lived in since childhood.

With a flicker of hope, I drifted slowly inside, but as I passed through the door, the sight before me made me recoil in shock.

The room was no longer the warm haven I remembered; a large black dog sprawled on the floor, panting at me.

My bed had become its resting place, and this dog had even torn my beloved little sofa into pieces, which now lay scattered across the floor, along with that... my most cherished family portrait.

I gasped, recalling the legend that dogs could consume souls. I wondered if this creature could truly...