Omigard, Alaska - 2038

Winter night befell the Nordic town of Omigard. Bolt was in his apartment home. Sitting on his bed, Other than a robe, He was nude. Bolt thought about Amanda, his wife who died from an illness decades ago. 

Tears came down from his brown eyes, Missing her soft fur and the warm touch of her tits. "Oh, Amanda. I hope we can see each other again in Valhalla." Bolt utters before he covers his eyes. Wiping the tears away and turning off the nights for sleep. 

Closing his eyes, he took his robe off and covered his nude body with a large blue/gray blanket. 

The next morning at six am, Bolt got up, took a shower, and got ready for work as a Knight. Wearing Knight chainmail armor and a tunic under a white hoodie. Wore black pants with a pair of pitch-black combat boots. He grabbed his car keys that hung above his longsword Anduril and left his apartment only to be met by his friend. A large and strong black and white fur Malamute. Icy blue eyes and wore a suit and tie. 

"Morning Bud." the malamute greets his friend. 

"Morning Shallow bastard, Is Dixs still asleep?" Bolt asks his friend as the two take the elevator to the lobby. "Dixie doesn't have to work until seven. Have you proposed to Sylvie yet?" 

"I thought she was with Kaltag?" Bolt questions Steele in regards to Sylvie and Kaltag. "are they together?" Nikki has been sleeping with another girl. Star is asexual and doesn't have plans to date."

"I well I don't know Steele. I still had thought for her."

"Bolt, you'll never get with her." 

"But she's a damned good woman. She'd help clear Tramp's name when that whole thing happen in Sigard." Bolt assured Steele who told him to give up on her.  "No Steele, I will bet you forty dollars that I can get her to date me." 

"You are better off with Wendy Johnson than her dude. I am saying this as a friend. I don't want to see you get hurt." Steele says to his white shepherd friend. Bolt nods and asks if he wants breakfast. 

Steele nods in agreement as the two make it to the parking lot and enter Bolt's car. They soon drove to McDonald's for some breakfast. 

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Around eight am, Bolt walks the halls of the Supermarket. He needed the groceries for his home. Bolt was glancing at some food items on the shelves when he saw both an Afghan hound and a cockapoo at the chip lane. The Afghan hound wore her suit and tie with a pencil skirt and a pair of Heeled Boots. 

The Cockapoo wore a pink vest over her white shirt that also had a pink tie to go along with it. Plaid skirt and a pair of Heeled Canvas boots with white laces. 

"Fucked him Syl, He's a massive piece of shit for not giving you a raise." The Cockapoo says to her. "Well, it is what it is Skye. At least you don't have to worry about your earnings."

"Yeah, We've been together for a long time. I, Chase, Everest, and Marshall have plans this weekend to play some Realms of Sigmar than some Dungeons and Dragons."

"Have you ever thought about making a pup with Chase dear?" Sylvie asks Skye as the face of the Cockapoo blush. "We'd made love since our marriage but we don't have the money for a pup right now." 

Skye says with a sad voice before marking her eyes on Bolt. "Hey, Bolt." Skye says to him.

"Hey girls, Ya just got off from the news station?" 

"Lunch break Bolt dear. We are supposed to meet with Dixie as soon as possible at Lugi's Italian restaurant for lunch, we are here to pick up a few things for dinner tonight if you want to come." 

"Of course, Will Jenna be joining you for lunch?" Bolt asks his friends. "No not this time, She lives too far for one and second we got Skye to fill in for her and occasionally Everest as the fourth member when she isn't working at the station," Sylvie tells Bolt as he questions them about their gossip. 

"Unfortunately No gossip this time. But Bolt, Well I hope you come, My place at five, and well me and Skye better get going before our boss yaps his mouth." Sylvie spoke as Bolt nodded but not before asking her one last question. "Hey, are you and Kal together?" 

"Bolt, you're silly, We've been together for a few months now. We'll you later, Remember at five." the Afghan hound tells him. Bolt nods with a sad face. They would go their separate paths. 

A few hours later Bolt went on a smoke break. Lighting a cigarette to smoke when he gets visited by a human in a suit. Brown hair and brown eyes. His skin is pale as snow. "How are you Holding up?" 

"Could be better Jacob. What brings you here?" 

"Just checking on my fellow comrades. You still thinking of Amanda aren't you?" Jacob inquired a question from his canine friend.

"I miss her. I miss her so much. Little Amanda seems to be ok. She and Derick live not far from here. I do think about her." 

"You are strong Bolt, Strong as the branches of Yggdrasil. She's in the Halls of Valhalla watching over you. At the police station earlier Galmar Stone-Fist and Ralof debated on a fight between an Orc and a Saurin. Specifically a fight between the Orc that Dixie killed against the legendary Ahcezthu."

"That Orc was killed by Dixie, a Pomeranian, if he can be killed by a Pomeranian then what chance would he stand against one of Mu's most badass lizards?" 

"Good Point Bolt. Well, I better get back to the station. I am fucking with Kaltag in regards to his penis." Jacob Simmons says as Bolt shakes his hand. threw his cigarette on the ground and stepped on it before the two friends waved at each other.

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It's near five O'clock and Bolt comes home, Taking off his jacket and throwing it onto his couch before standing still for a moment. Knowing that Sylvie is with Kaltag, Bolt slams his fist on the counter with rage. "That asshole hates my friend, Steele, they all do," Steele murmurs, Snarling at the thought that someone who hated his friend is now dating the girl he wanted. 

He punches the door to his bedroom like Mjolnir to the skull of a jotunn. Putting a hole through it. Pulling out his bloody hand from the wooden pine wood door. "Oh damned me even more Thor." 

Bolt utters as knocking is heard. "Bolt?" The voice of Steele was heard. He goes to open the door to see his friend. Steele notices his bloody hand and asks "What the fuck?"

"You're right, they are together."

"Bolt, I'm sorry," Steele spoke with regret but Bolt assured him that it was not his fault but his own. "I should have listened to you. I loved her you know." 

"I know you did Bolt, Don't listen to what Kaltag says about me, He has skeletons in his closet as well as does Nikki. I know that Kaltag talks shit behind his back. Yeah, I'm an asshole but I'm proud to be one you should know that, We've been friends since we were pups. Yeah, I know what I did back at Nome, Am I happy with it no, I don't expect Kaltag or Nikki to forgive me fuck I don't even Dixie can't forgive me. I was lost and at times I still am. I want you to be better than I could've."

"Unlike the Wolfdog, I didn't half-ass towards that checkpoint and back. I still care for you. I can't pretend that you weren't in the wrong because you were but I won't change my mind about you." Bolt tearfully says as he raises his bloody hand to fist bump. Steele fist-bumps his friend and gets blood on his knuckles. "We better get that check." 

Steele says as they turn to see Dixie with some bandages on her hands. She goes over to Bolt to check out his right hand and asks "What the hell did you punch?" 
Bolt looks towards the pine door as they see the hole. "You know you'll need to replace it or the landlord is gonna be pissed."

"Yeah, I get paid on Friday," Bolt tells Steele as Dixie patches him up. "And here you go." Dixie says to her friend. "Thank you Dixs," Bolt replies as Dixie says she knows how he feels, Having been dating a Bloodhound who's a famous singer only to be duped by him. I won't pretend that I was in the right after all he had a girlfriend with him and I slept with him knowing he was seeing someone else." 

She goes silent for a moment as Bolt lifts her face to his level. "And I was about to do the same with Sylvie and Kaltag."

"Bolt sweetie, please don't make the same mistake as I did. I want you to find someone to be happy with as I did eventually." She places her left hand over Steele's right hand. "Yeah he's an asshole but he's my asshole in the end and I finally got him." 

Bolt, Dixie, and Steele smile at each other, lifting their spirits from the sadness. Bolt suggests that they go to Sylvie's for Dinner. Dixie checks her phone to see it's five-ten pm. "Shit, we're late," Dixie shouts as the three make their way out, Shutting the door behind them.