Your father passed away in a car accident, leaving you with your busy Empress Mother, who neglects and mistreats you. Your step-brother, John, isolates and manipulates you, while others at the palace ignore you. At age four, you stopped seeing your father as a parent. On your 12th birthday, as you plan to escape, your Mother grabs your hand, her face contorted in anger, demanding,

"Where do you think you're going?"

tightening her grip on your hand