Crown Under Clause

Crown Under Clause (The Treaty Bride Series, Book 3)

A queen can survive an enemy-
but can she survive a law written to own her?

Elara Valenti refuses to be staged, edited, or "corrected" by the Curatorial Council. So they forge a new weapon: The Morality Clause-a sanctified decree designed to control the Crown, police desire, and turn consent into a public performance.

At midday, under open feed and a city's unblinking gaze, Elara is dragged into a tribunal that isn't built to judge truth-only to manufacture it. One wrong word becomes a headline. One wrong move becomes a confession. And every promise she makes is twisted into leverage.

Beside her stands Nico Corvin-protector, consort, and the Council's favorite target. They don't need to break Elara with chains. They only need to provoke Nico into violence... and let the cameras do the rest.

As rebellion spreads and the Council tightens its grip, Elara must choose what kind of ruler she will be: the symbol they can control, or the blade they can't.

Because in a city where everything is curated, the most dangerous act is not defiance-
it's truth.