What if the school you inherit doesn’t teach reading or writing — but obedience?

In this episode, we open The Boarding School Pact by Polly Bane, a haunting and sensual dark-romance novel that transforms the idea of discipline into devotion. When Clara Whitlow inherits her family’s remote English estate, she expects an abandoned relic. What she discovers instead is a functioning “academy” for adults — a place where the rules are absolute, and disobedience is not corrected with detention, but surrender.

At the head of this strange institution stands Headmaster Samuel, a man whose quiet authority hides a lifetime of secrets. He sees through Clara’s defiance, her pride, her fear — and decides that the only way to save the estate is to break her.

📜 The Inheritance — Clara arrives as the heir, determined to sell the property, but the staff treat her as a new pupil.
🖋️ The Curriculum — Lessons include posture, silence, gratitude… and how to accept discipline without question.
💬 The Correction Room — Where words end and obedience begins; Clara’s first true test of surrender.
💗 The Pact — A final ritual that binds her not as owner, but as student — and as the Headmaster’s chosen little girl.

Through psychological conditioning, ritualized submission, and slow emotional unravelling, Clara learns that power can be both punishment and protection. Each command from Samuel becomes a mirror — showing her who she was, and who she might become if she lets go.

In this episode, we explore:
🖤 Why discipline can be a language of care in dark romance
💬 How ritual builds intimacy in power-exchange fiction
🕯️ The balance between structure, surrender, and desire
📖 Why Clara’s fall isn’t about loss — it’s about rebirth

The Boarding School Pact blurs the line between control and comfort, reminding us that true obedience isn’t demanded — it’s chosen.

Available now on Amazon: https://amzn.to/48FtLAd

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