Greet the dogs

She closed the door behind her and put her purse and the keys on the table besides the door. She had to take in the sight. She still wasn't used to the luxury. The mansion was located a bit outside of the city. It was huge, custom-made to accomodate both of their wishes. For the duration of her studies she decided to stay at the university grounds though. It just felt natural to do it like that, she had all of her life to enjoy this house. Apart from the massive driveway, that could easily hold space for 300 cars, it hat a backyard at least equal in size. The mansion itself had four bedrooms, four bathrooms, two kitchens, a dining room, a living room that could otherwise be home to at least seven families, a home cinema, a gym, a wellness area with indoor pool and jaccuzi, an entertainment area filled with arcade games, video consoles, table football, darts...basically it was every man's dream. On the outside he had a basketball court and a tennis court build. Oh and the animal quarters of course.

She wondered if it was enough or if he would add even more. Not that she didn't enjoy it. The money wasn't a problem either, he had a solid management and in addition to that established a marketing agency and a talent agency that advised some of the most talented players all over the globe in every sports you could imagine. But still, after he build the so called dog shed, a playhouse for his 13 dogs in total, that itself would easily stand as a luxury flat, she wondered if he would stop. She was sure to talk to him about that in the off-season. She always thought they should give back to the people.

But for now she was happy, though she preferred if he was around. She started walking through the long hallway towards the garden. Her shoes made a sound with every step she took, the wide structure of the house caused an echo that made it seem even emptier than it was. 'The dogs definitely stay with me' she thought as she checked her surroundings for possible intruders. After a seemingly endless walk she reached the backdoor and quickly covered the distance to the dogs house. She could already see Benjamin, the German Shephard at the door. He stood, his front paws up against the glass and she trembled. He towered her easily, despite his slender figure and her love for all animals, she always respected the nature of the animals, no matter how smart in the end they were just that, animals.

Secretly she hoped for Fenri to be far, far away. She couldn't completely shake the thought of the virus and Fenri was definitely the one she feared most. Derived from the nordic Fenrisúlfr, the wolf of hell, Loki's companian, Fenri was living up to the name. He used to be a stray wolf dog until her boyfriend picked him up. For some unknown reason Fenri was his favourite, but she would always stay far away from him, as he stood 6'0 when on his behinds. The others in his pack were female, most of them white Swiss Shephards, a Golden Retriever, a Labrador, a Huskey and a Border Collie complete it.

As soon as she opened the door, Benjamin was all over her. She could make out the other dogs running around somewhere, some were barking, others were just sleeping and on the other end of the room layd Fenri. Her hands were scraching the German Shephard as he finally slowed down and settled on her feet, but her eyes were fixating Fenri, as he was fixating her.

Slowly the other dogs emerged and lined up behind and around her, looking for her to pet them, scratch them, play with them or feed them. Only Fenri stayed where he was, eyeing the intruder.