The princess, seeing herself outdistance the others with the elf closing quickly, she realizes what she was doing, and slows her mount for the others to catch up. Once the others are safely around her, she allows them to suround her with a sheepish, shamefaced grin and stays in her place.
The group seems to have no issues circling around the smoke pilar that marks the location of the farm, and there seems to be no persuit.
They find the road again, and have an uneventful ride for the remainder of the day.