
Cold Trail
Jiovanni had searched all of Brescia. There was not a clue of where they went or if they even came through here. He waits for messages from the other groups hoping they had more luck in their search. He looks out in the distance, trying to think of a place that they may have went. The only city he could think of was Milan, but that city was too big and too far. He was assure that this man would only take Juliet as far as she is capable of traveling, and she was a woman of noble birth. He had thought about this Aleron long and hard. Thinking mostly of why he would take Juliet and why stay in Goito when the city was so close to Verona. Most would have rode out of Italy by now, and Juliet would not be heard of again. So why Goito?
He could only assume that this man meant harm against Lord Capulet and was going to use her in some sort of way to exploit him. In other words, this man had taken Juliet hostage. Jiovanni frowns at the thought, that would make his job much harder. This man knew what he was doing, and he was doing it all too well. He needed more clues and fast before he slipped through his grasp and caused even more trouble for Verona.
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By this time, word of Juliet's disappearance and the search for her had spread far and wide due to Lord Capulet's impatience. It had been almost four days since their search and not a trace of her was found. He felt that something was up, something that he himself didn't know about. He could feel the hidden words drifting around him, and he was assured that Lord Montague was up to something. He who had sent his men to help in finding Juliet and had suddenly pulled them back. It was a suspicious move on Lord Montague's part, but even more so he was more suspicious of the Prince. It was he who had first convinced Lord Capulet not to spread word and to keep it under wraps despite knowing the fact it would be much easier to retrieve her if others were on a lookout as well.
Lord Capulet was going to find his daughter whether alive or dead. He vows to himself that if Juliet were found alive and unhurt then he would put an end to his rivalry with the Montagues settling this feud once and for all. After some thought, maybe it was best to end this rivalry. He himself was growing tired with each day, and left to wonder what was this all for. Maybe it was best to finally let sleeping dogs lie. If she were found dead, or never to be found, then obviously Lord Montague would be to blame for the travesty, and he would not put it past him to do away with his daughter. It would show him just how Lord Montague had no intentions of putting this behind him and he would continue this feud to his grave, and hope the best for the next of kin.
There was also one more player that Lord Capulet had to be aware of now, and that was the Prince. Since the beginning, he had always played the mediator but now all of a sudden he had grown too quiet. His men were often seen making haste back and forth from n the castle. It could be just his imagination, or maybe it was an important issue that he was unaware of, but the Prince's actions were becoming rather questionable. Strangely enough, he had thought he saw one of his guards spying on Lord Montague, for he had assumed that if the Prince were to take sides in the feud that he would surely lean towards Montague leaving him powerless in almost every situation.
Lord Capulet rests his thoughts, he would leave this for another day. For now he would see to his wife. He wonders if he should send her elsewhere to avoid the upcoming trouble he sensed. He decides that he would send her to stay with family in Bologna. There, she would be safe and sound, away from the nonsense created by Lord Montague and the Prince.
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