Anya, wife of mafia boss Santino, was exiled for three years after defying him for taking in his late brother’s widow Cecilia and resisting his control.She returns seemingly obedient, but her heart is dead—she only wants to reclaim her parents’ ashes, hidden by her husband.On her birthday, Santino uses the ashes to force her to reconcile. When she refuses, he orders the urn thrown away.Anya jumps into the river to save it.Rescued by an old fisherman, she fakes her death and reinvents herself.