"Accompanied is fine. By Ivan when he is here especially," because while Fedyor would protect Alina, he was far too lenient with her. And Zoya and Genya would just egg her on and encourage her to do scandalous things with the boy. Ivan on top of being able to sniff out deceit would not let Alina walk all over him.
"Now what else on top of the Prince's return should I know about. Surely you have gossip."