"That's me." Max says, swallowing thickly. "Wow. He... actually told you about me?" Some undefinable feeling stirs in Max. He thought Erik would be quick to forget him after... everything. It was only seven years. What's that to a vampire? What was he to Erik?

His hand creeps to the back of his neck. "I'm so sorry for making this awkward. If I knew you were his... partner I... I wouldn't have flirted so hard."

Something is only just occurring to him now as the shock fades slightly. Did she say she's a necromancer? What does she mean by 'her job?'