I Will Always Find You

Chapter 9

Roni's

Her head snapped up from her desk where it had been lying. She had fallen asleep in her office, that never happened before. She had just gotten really tired all of a sudden and dozed off. Roni felt like there was a dream too, but it was fading quickly from her memory. It was a good dream, she could feel the remnants of the happy emotions she had during it. What was it about? Someone. Someone very special to her. Someone with long blonde hair.

These dreams were becoming more and more frequent and left her feeling very emotional when she woke up. Roni never put much stock in dream examination before but the frequency of this woman showing up in her dreams made her question whether she should rethink her opinion. Something was there, these dreams meant something.

Or maybe it was just stress. She was under a lot of it lately, her relationship with August being a major contributor. She was getting married, she was in love.

Hurray?

There was a knock on her office door followed by August letting himself in. "Hey Roni." He smiled as he planted a peck on her cheek.

"Hi." She said simply as she pretended to look at some of the papers on her desk.

"Something on your mind?" He asked as he sat down next to her on her desk. Like she really wanted his ass sweat on her desk.

"Nothing." Why was she feeling so ambivalent towards him. "I don't know. It's this gun you gave me, I don't know if I can use a gun on someone."

"I told you already. This woman is dangerous. She's a criminal. She's been in jail." He put a hand on her shoulder making her skin crawl. "I know she is going to try to hurt you. You need to protect yourself."

She looked up and studied his eyes. Why was she feeling so unsure about this? "I guess you're right." She sighed in resignation. "You know the woman after all. I'll be on my guard." She gave him a small smile.

"I just want you to be safe baby." He planted a kiss on the top of her head.

A voice deep inside of her was telling her that what her fiance just said might be a lie.

Seattle (Hotel lobby)

"Hello? Henry?" Emma answered her phone while she walked from the elevator into the lobby. Her Uber was waiting outside and she was anxious to get going. "What's up?"

"I've got an idea on how to take care of August once and for all." He said to her over the phone.

Emma grimaced. "Yeah me too. A couple doses of lead in his ass should do it." She hesitated to get into the car. She held up a finger to her driver, she didn't want to have this conversation in the car. The driver nodded and settled into his seat.

"I mean it ma. I think grandpa knows a way to stop the Author forever." Henry replied.

"David? What the hell does he know about the Author?" Emma straightened up on the realization of what he had just told her. "No! What are you thinking kid? You are not going after Gold!"

"Ma we have to get him back. If we don't know how to take him out for good August is just going to keep trying to tear you two apart. There isn't anybody else with his knowledge and you know it. Ma this is the only way for you and mom to be safe forever."

"You know he's working with Dracula right?" Someone gave her a quizzical glance as they walked by her. "Not to mention he's trapped in a whole realm of vampires! Besides you can't get there anyway without Regina and I making a portal, so this whole plan is over before it starts because we are not doing it!"