Thick Bark
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Last published Sat, Sep 3, 2016
Nephele Dubois is a Search and Rescue officer whose only goal right now is to find a girl who her dad was appointed to investigate on ten years ago. His decision on being a rescue officer was born when he saw something he will bring with him until the day the dies.
Blythe Gemmer was a former heir to a self-founded company by her parents when her sudden disappearance shocked the media and her parents. But when she was found, not only was she found in a baffling place, but she was also spouting something about "the man."
However, what were those sound they kept hearing when Blythe started hanging out with Nephele? "Blythe," "Meow," and "Come." Whatever could those mean?
[previously Through Ice and Bark]
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