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It's so beautiful and red."
Pippa nodded. "That's the chromium."
"The what?"
"Chromium. It is an additive in the crystal that turns it red. If it were anything else added... it wouldn't be a ruby. It would be a sapphire." Olivia blinked, and Pippa continued, "It's a common misconception that all sapphires are blue, but that's not the case. They can be any color... green or yellow or pink, even. It depends on the additive. But they're all called sapphires. It's only if they're red that they're ca
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― One Good Earl Deserves a Lover
― One Good Earl Deserves a Lover
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…wouldn’t it be nice if the world wasn’t a place where everything was for sale, ready to be bought and bartered and sold; if the world wasn’t a place where trust was a notion more outdated than justice.
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― The Three Lives of Alix St Pierre
― The Three Lives of Alix St Pierre
