Emily Carter was once a young investigative journalist and true-crime podcast host. She spent months tracking a case involving police internal corruption, missing persons, and a criminal network run by powerful elites. Just as she was closing in on the truth, she was murdered. In her final moments, all she could recall were an alley on a rainy night, blood pooling on wet pavement, and a black serpent tattoo on her killer’s wrist.
When she regained consciousness, Emily was no longer human. She had been reborn as a short-legged Pembroke Welsh Corgi in the police station’s temporary kennel. Unable to speak or write, she could only alert those around her through barks, tugging at trouser cuffs, fetching evidence, slamming against doors, and unusual behavioural outbursts. The station named her Badge, because she was found clamping tightly onto a bloodstained old police badge.
At first, Detective Captain Ryan Blake refused to believe a corgi could serve as a police dog and saw her as nothing but a nuisance. Tyler Brooks, however, was thrilled and treated her like a rising “K9 celebrity” for livestreams. Technician Noah Reed quickly noticed her reactions were far beyond those of an ordinary dog. The quiet, imposing Mason Cole became the first person to shield her. Rookie officer Ethan Shaw was assigned to look after her, only to be repeatedly led to case breakthroughs by this little corgi. Captain Hayes initially only valued the public attention brought by the K9 livestreams,
