Chapter 17 AmplificationComing around after being knocked unconscious by magic was the kind of thing that sounded like it ought to be a slow process of unpleasant discovery. Where am I? What happened? Are these spelled manacles around my wrists? My gods, what’s happened?Not so much. The instant consciousness hit, it hit hard, and all the details became painfully, instantly obvious.I’d been taken captive by a warlock, although not one of the ones who’d worked me over before—I could smell his magic, that dark, sharp, ozone-tinged smell that had hit me in the alley, even if I didn’t recognize the scent of him in particular.The manacles had my wrists in their cold, heavy grip, and the rest of me sat and slumped on yet another fucking concrete floor.The panic hit me simultaneously. I bent to the side as much as I could, vomiting every drop of the shots and everything else I’d ever consumed, it felt like, all over the floor and spattering my leg. My heart rabbited, and I couldn’t fee
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