Episode 3 Script: A Marriage Already Promised. The Necklace

Episode 3: The Necklace. A Marriage Already Promised.

By Grace Antiedu

Eliza tried to tell herself it was just a dream.

That the blood on her pillow meant nothing. That the man in the mirror was a trick of the light.

But some things won’t let you forget.

The next morning, the necklace was back—wrapped neatly around her neck, its clasp shut tight. She hadn't put it on. She knew she hadn’t.

She tore it off and flung it into the metal trunk at the foot of her bed. It hissed as it landed, as though something alive had been disturbed.

That night, she heard scratching.

Not outside.

From inside the trunk.

Eliza stayed frozen beneath her covers, heart thudding like a war drum in her chest. The noise went on for hours—soft at first, then louder. As if nails were clawing at the inside of the box.

When she finally dared to open the trunk at sunrise, the necklace lay coiled in the center—wet with something dark.

She screamed.

Her aunt rushed in. But the moment she entered the room, she froze, eyes wide in fear. Without asking a single question, she crossed herself and whispered, “It’s happening again.”

That’s when Eliza learned the truth.

The necklace hadn’t been passed down out of love.

It had been passed down to fulfill a pact.

A marriage sealed in blood generations ago. A promise to something that once walked the earth, and now lived beneath it.

And Eliza… was the next bride.

📍 Next: Episode 4 – The Groom Beneath the Ground

🪦 He waits with a ring made of bone.