"Thank you," Nnenna murmured, accepting them carefully. Her fingers ran over the smooth surface of the ornate box before she slowly lifted the lid.
Inside, resting on a bed of deep midnight blue velvet, was a wristwatch that seemed almost too perfect to be real.
The band was made of interwoven platinum and rose gold, designed to be both delicate and strong, shimmering under the light like woven moonlight.
The watch face was an iridescent mother of pearl, shifting colors subtly as she moved it, with intricate golden hands that resembled delicate vines.
Small diamonds marked each hour, and in place of numbers, tiny, intricately carved symbols of stars and constellations traced around the edge, each one glowing faintly as if capturing the night sky itself.
At the center, right beneath the watch hands, was a tiny inscription in an elegant script: For the one who is beyond time.
Nnenna sucked in a sharp breath.
