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Ongoing, First published Sep 25, 2016
Rory's a thief.  She bargains and swindles and cheats, and everybody knows it.  But they also know there's no escaping her tricks.

After running away from the orphanage at the age of five, Rory found solace in Mal, a sorceress with occasional success.  Mal took Rory in when she was most vulnerable.  Now, over ten years later, Mal is the most powerful sorceress in every kingdom they travel to.  With Rory in Mal's eternal debt, she must provide the witch with the one thing every spell needs: dreams.

That's how Rory met Cindy and, eventually, Snow.  The schemers are widely known as the Dream Thieves, stealing your innermost thoughts in the dead of night.  They've never had any trouble with their tasks, until Rory breaks into King Hubert's castle, where she has to steal the dreams of his son.  And the young prince just happens to be the same boy she's been dreaming about her whole life.

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