MANIA

𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐁𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐫, 𝐚 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞. 𝐈𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞. 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧?

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❛Not a son or an heir to the family business or wealth was Domania Butler, nor would she ever be. Raised simply under the arms of her parents, and of those hired to assist in her development, miss Mania was as one proclaim - sheltered. Confined to the very walls she grew up in, Mania was weary. Fearing the people and the things that reside out of her boundaries - beyond the surrounding gates of the estate...❜