The Luna on a Chain
The embrace threatened to become something more, but one of the guys cleared his throat.
“Vera, are you feeling okay? Oh, right—let me introduce you. You remember Denis, and this is his brother—”
Before Kirill could finish, I interrupted him.
“Vasya, right? Maura told me.”
Kirill froze. Then he slowly raised his eyebrows and looked at his sister. Denis was already bent over laughing. Poor Vasya turned red as a tomato and shot Maura an annoyed look.
“You can call him Vasya if you want—the nickname really stuck,” Kirill laughed, glancing at his sister. “But his real name is Sasha. Or Alec—that’s what we call him.”