Isabella, a femal(;e commander of a medie%val -emp#-ire,)^_ dies and tra!)-nsmigra[^tes into Elena,*[? th _]e long-los]:t legitimate -_daug/hter of t(.he[+  ?modern ma:-fia Vittori F$%ami;l(`)y. + !Betrayed by the fake daughter Camilla and :^t^_reated as a !ma- rriage pawn by $[he%r- b:irth parents, Elena pub`^licly %\def.],ies a ,forc:e]]?d, ma`rri@age to a sixty-eight-year-old don[%—and begs th*#)e old Go_
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