[It was only then, when Alina accepted and settled about her, that a tear escaped Ianthe's control to drip onto her cheek. She sighed in relief, fingers curling in to hold tight to the moment.

It did make the question a little jarring. Ianthe hadn't thought of Genya since Alina told her the woman had disappeared. Aside from being an example of Aleksander's cruelty and a good seamstress, the woman had been rather dull.]

I don't know. The one time I asked her to meet with me, she never showed. I assumed she just disappeared like so many others have.

Unless there's context to that question I'm not aware of.