"Merlan, I'm Merlan," she murmured, still distracted as she half shook her head. "I'm not really sure if I am or not and I know I don't know you but...you're familiar." She paused and took a breath, then let it out slowly. "You're an angel, aren't you?"

That was the only thing that made sense. Her wings reacted to magic and to angelic energy, she knew that from Micah. She'd known it on a whole new level when he'd spoken. It was impossible to keep her wings in and she sort of shrugged them out in a wash of bright colours much like the lilac-breasted roller's, her wings shimmering slightly with magic.