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A dignified older woman in a white lace gown holds a cane in an opulent, dimly lit hall with paintings and a chandelier, in a classical painting style.

A dignified older woman in a white lace gown holds a cane in an opulent, dimly lit hall with paintings and a chandelier, in a classical painting style.

A single figure emerged, moving with a slow, deliberate grace aided by an elegant cane. Donatella Bianchi. Lucretia’s mother. Alessia’s grandmother. The matriarch. She was older than the portraits in the hall suggested, her face a landscape of severe intelligence and ruthless will, carved deep with lines of command and loss. Ver mais