" She still had the uncomfortable feeling that she was being watched. For a second, her eyes were drawn toward one of the wall-mounted torches, where a yellow ball of fire split momentarily into two flames, and then came back together.
When she looked away from the torch, she saw spots floating across her vision. But one of the spots wasn’t floating. It was falling. Cass watched as the spot passed through the balustrade of the balcony and fluttered toward the ground. She held out her hand to catch it.
A single black and brown feather lay on her palm. "

― Fiona Paul , Venom (Secrets of the Eternal Rose, #1)