emerald-studded

Updated: May 28, 2025

There was something strangely familiar about her; the faint odors that seemed exhaled from her garments, the gleam of the jewel-winged scarabei on her breast, the weird light of the emerald-studded serpent in her hair; and more, much more familiar than these trifles, was the sound of her voice dulcet, penetrating, grave and haunting in its tone.

Marie Corelli - Ziska