The dog suddenly moved forward, eyes locked deeply on the prison guards, as if warning them not to come any closer.

One officer cautiously stepped forward, but the dog growled, barked louder, and positioned himself even more firmly in front of Ethan.

“Back!” a sharp command loudly rang out through the execution chamber, but the loyal animal completely refused to obey.

In that terrifying moment, there was only one single person in his world — the one he absolutely refused to abandon.

Two officers tried to approach together, but the dog lunged forward fiercely, stopping just short and barking so intensely that the air itself felt heavy.

The handler grabbed the heavy leash and pulled, but the dog desperately resisted, his claws scraping loudly against the cold floor tiles.

Even as they dragged him away, he fought with everything he had, stretching his body toward Ethan.

Ethan remained completely still, watching. The sudden panic in his eyes had entirely faded, replaced by a quiet pain and a strange sense of peace.

His wife had stopped replying to his letters long ago and his son had never come. To the rest of the world, he had already been forgotten. But not to that dog.

Sometimes, the deep loyalty of an animal is significantly stronger than that of any human.