Expected start of the array '[', but had 'EOF' instead at path

Question

I am learning to use apis in android and I am trying to get a list of images from the Dog Ceo api.

I am using the kotlin serialization, coil and retrofit library.

The Json response looks like this (Note: I've shortened the list because it's so long.)

{
    "message": [
        "https://images.dog.ceo/breeds/hound-afghan/n02088094_1003.jpg",
        "https://images.dog.ceo/breeds/hound-afghan/n02088094_10263.jpg",
        "https://images.dog.ceo/breeds/hound-afghan/n02088094_10715.jpg"
    ],
    "status": "success"
}

My model.

@Serializable
data class Dog(
    @SerialName("message")
    val image: List<String>,
    @SerialName("status")
    val status: String
)

My interface with an @GET annotation and the endpoint to get the images with a specific breed.

interface DogsApi {
    @GET("hound/images")
    suspend fun dogApi(): List<Dog>
}

But when running the app I get the following error.

E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
    Process: com.example.dogimages, PID: 8887
    kotlinx.serialization.json.internal.JsonDecodingException: Expected start of the array '[', but had 'EOF' instead at path: $
    JSON input: .....reeds\/hound-walker\/n02089867_953.jpg"],"status":"success"}

Sorry for the inconvenience, any help is appreciated!

I have tried manipulating the url with @Query or @Path but the result is the same.