It was a bird. A bird struggling through stickiness: a bird coated in paint, floundering in its nest, splashing color everywhere. Red. Red. Red. Dozens of them: black feathers coated thickly with crimson-colored paint, fluttering among the branches. Red means run.
Pandemonium (Delirium Trilogy 2) (ed. Hachette UK, 2012) - ISBN: 9781444722949