ok a crackpot theory time: we know that she claimed last episode that by having the dagger she had Rumple’s beautiful brain. So we know he breaks free but what if she gets Belle’s brain through one of her books, or Henry’s brain since he is currently a scarecrow without memory of his true lineage.
In addition just thought I would say that I appreciated Zeleena’s motivation for all of this, because she was hated for her magic by her adopted fahter, got sent basically on a mission of revenge by Wizard Walsh, and then got turned down by the dark one. Her life is at least as tortured as REgina’s but of course Rumplestiltskin still wins.
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Magic always comes with a price, so I pay with visa.