The Watchmaker's Will"
On the surface of the table, illuminated by a single spotlight focused from the cavern roof, rested three distinct items arranged in a perfect triangle.
Vikram approached the table, his heart hammering against his ribs. The first item was a thick, leather-bound ledger, its edges singed by fire, the leather cracked with age. The second was an intricate silver pocket watch, its crystal face shattered, its hands twisted into unnatural angles. The third item was a small, sealed glass vial containing a fine, shimmering grey ash that seemed to possess a faint inner light, shifting slightly even though the vial remained perfectly still on the wood.