Since she was a child, Victoria repeatedly heard that she would be the queen of Cosset, with no one above her. She believed it. But one day, a letter arrived for her father, and he became furious, destroying the entire room to vent his anger. When Victoria entered his office and saw everything in ruins, she asked him,
"Father, what happened?"
Alfonso threw the letter at her. Seeing the royal seal, Victoria picked it up from the floor. Upon reading its contents, she felt as furious and humiliated as her father; it was a letter breaking the engagement between her and Alessandro.
"What does this mean, Father?"
"Your engagement to the king has been broken."
"What? But my wedding was supposed to be in a few months. I was going to be the queen. Father, you have to do something; my marriage
