RUFUS'S POV
My men and I stormed into the woods as realization hit me as to where Valeria had run off. She couldn't possibly go back to Manor so it's only the old cabin she could be in.
My men led the way and when we got to the cabin. I came down from my horse in full confidence. There's nowhere for the little princess to hide anymore.
"Set the cabin on fire," I instructed my men and they did. It would only be a matter of time before she'd come running out.
I waited in anticipation for when she would come out but she wasn't forthcoming. "Master Rufus, I don't think anyone is in the cabin, as the fire ought to have made her come out by now," Sebastian said.
"Shut up!" I said in frustration.
"I'm sorry master,"
"What are you waiting for, go in and check,"
"But master,"
"Are you stupid, I said go in and check." With that, he hurriedly gathered a few men and they went inside the cabin.
After some minutes they came out. "There's no one in the cabin master and there's no trace of someone be