Absently, she reached out and lifted the rosewood box from the side table, setting it on the cushion beside her. The lid flipped open at the touch of a finger (and a small pulse of magic). There were several pieces made of various precious and semi-precious stones: turquoise, lapis lazuli, amethyst, carnelian, haematite, onyx. There had to be a rhyme and pattern in the design, a purpose in the gems selected and the Egyptian motif. Or maybe there was no purpose other than making the wearer look and feel good and powerful.