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He was supposed to scare her. Falling for her wasn’t part of the job. Y/N knows haunted houses better than most. As a professional special-effects makeup artist, she knows every trick behind the monsters, makeup, hidden doors, and perfectly timed scares. So when her friends drag her to a haunted house for Halloween, she’s expecting to be entertained—not impressed. Then she meets Silas Rhodes, one of the attraction’s best scare actors. He’s terrifying. She’s fascinated. What starts as Silas trying to find a way to genuinely scare her quickly becomes something else. He discovers that she’s a fellow artist who understands the strange world he’s passionate about, and suddenly he isn’t looking for ways to frighten her anymore. He’s looking for excuses to see her. Late-night makeup sessions turn into flirting. Backstage conversations turn into lingering after-hours talks. Silas starts remembering every little thing about her while his coworkers watch him fall harder by the night. Y/N came looking for monsters. She didn’t expect one to fall for her. She knows how to create them. He knows how to become one. Neither expected him to want her.