>>18555329The servants scatter to carry out their instructions while Priscilla focuses her search on the immediate vicinity. She spends the next hour tirelessly searching for Nikki or at least some sign of her presence but finds nothing. After a while she begins to recognize certain landmarks, and realizes that she's covered all the ground she can and is now just searching areas that she's already checked.
Her heart starts racing. A lot of bad things could have happened to one small girl all on her own in a forest. To cope, Priscilla tries to focus on the fact that Nikki is very capable of taking care of herself and likely to be more of a danger to someone wishing to harm her than vice versa.
