Days have passed since her parents arrived and caused chaos. The first day was the most hellish experience Elaina had while the subsequent days that followed were fine and normal...aside from the screaming soldiers that kept on trying to breach the farm.
Funnily enough, according to Julia and Princess Tabatha, it seems the soldiers who are attacking also try to attack anyone who exits the farm and perhaps try to abduct anyone who does so, making it a bad decision to leave the farm to either go to the market or even go somewhere else. But there is one problem with that and that is because Julia is much stronger than she looks and Princess Tabatha is secretly protected by her Shadow Ops, it's just not a good idea to even fight against them unless they are so confident in dealing with them.