The Tenured Clause: A Professor Student Dark Romanc

Power corrupts. At Ivyhurst, it seduces.

Elle Monroe didn’t plan to catch the eye of Dr. Lucien Vale, the youngest tenured professor at the world’s most elite university. She only wanted to learn. To prove herself. To belong. But Ivyhurst is no ordinary school. Beneath the polished traditions and secret societies lies a legacy of obedience, of brilliance shaped through submission—and Elle has unknowingly stepped into its oldest, darkest rite.

When Lucien invites her into his advanced seminar on Power, Morality, and Obedience, he claims it’s mentorship. Enlightenment. Growth. But each assignment blurs the line between discipline and desire, between instruction and initiation. Soon, Elle isn’t sure where the curriculum ends and Lucien begins. Or if she ever truly had a choice
at all.

In this cold, cerebral tale of erotic academia, The Tenure Clause explores the dark hunger of grooming disguised as guidance—and what it means to willingly kneel before genius.