The cave did seem cosier, as he said, and Abrielle knew she might slap herself in the face tomorrow, but that didn't matter at the moment. Rather, she didn't think about it. "Magic, may I?" She asked. Her curiosity was tugging the more mysterious he seemed.
She wanted to know if he was the way he envisioned him to be. "Of course," he said gently. She nervously gulped and then tried to pull off the mask. This time, it easily moved, and she slowly pulled it away from his face. The original Abrielle never got to see Cedric's face throughout the novel because he was insecure about his scared face.
She was expecting a hideous scar that probably disfigured his face and was curious how bad it was.
Her breath was caught in her throat as she anticipated. After the mask was pulled off, she was dumbfounded and completely blown off for a moment.
