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The Ferrywoman of Smoke

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The greatest dream thief alive has exactly one night to pull off the strangest job of her career: going door to door through a terrified city, begging people to take their nightmares back. The finale of The Asylum of Nightmares.

Part 4 of 4 in The Asylum of Nightmares

El ojo no parpadeaba. Amarilis había pasado la vida entera aprendiendo a no ser vista, y ahora la contemplaba algo que había visto nacer y disolverse imperios de niebla. Cada instinto del oficio le ordenaba encogerse, esconder las manos, calcular la salida.

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