Oh!

( junie's mid-picking up a croissant when skye so innocuously drops his dad's name like it's nothing — like bowen freaking liang is just some regular rich guy — and it's so surprising that the pastry ends up dropped abruptly back on its plate, his eyes wide, absolute deer in headlights. everyone in the magical community knows the name liang — unless they live under a rock, and the really smart people know that the liang family and anyone associated with them are not to be fucked with. but — juniper's never heard of there being a son, let alone one his age. and a liang kept mostly away from the world of magic? even stranger yet.

oh, god, she realizes that she's gawking, and all the transformation magic in the world can't help her absolute absence of a poker face. ) That's ...

( oh god. now she really needs to get skye to like her. anything less might get his family into big trouble with the liangs. ) Sorry, ( junie apologizes abruptly, pressing a hand to her cheek that's suddenly warm with embarrassment. ) It's just — the library on campus is literally named after your dad. He's so super powerful and — everyone respects him a lot.

( and fears him, she doesn't say. )