Underneath she wears bright blue beads and dances in secret at first light when the moon is small.

The woman was lovely, the very picture of the Indian maiden, her black hair braided with bright beads.

A bright blue bead was sliding across the unfamiliar constellations.

I wiped at the tiny bright beads of blood with a damp finger, smearing them.

Still sharp: a bright bead of blood formed on my thumb.

She hesitated once or twice before once again sending the bright beads flying.

She kneels among the broken glass and watches the bright bead of blood form a drop.

She was an attractive young woman, her hair braided and ornamented with bright beads.

They cascade through her mind like bright beads sliding on a string.

The tunics were trimmed with bright beads, feathers, and shells.