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The pirate shoved Veronica into the dark holding cell, causing her to stumble. Luc caught her in his arms. She blinked to adjust her vision to the dim light provided by the one small porthole above them. It was near dark, and so the light had a velvet, purple quality. With the return of her artistic talent, the world had once again taken on a brightness of color and sharpness of line. She almost wept in gratitude, but one dark shadow remained. She'd betrayed her principles of honesty and integrity in order to keep La Rouge from attaining immortality. What would Luc think?
And then the certainty hit her that even if he hated her as a result, she wouldn't go back and do anything differently. But she could at least be honest in this moment.
"I am so proud of you," he murmured into her h
