Princess Ievna was never afraid of death before she faced the death of her parents. She was too young then, and she didn't even know that people could die so easily after the strongest witch pointed her wand at her parents.
Sharass said that she was jealous of the silver hair that belonged to the royal family of Shovalon, and she also said that she wanted to plant the silver hair on her scalp.
That was a ridiculous idea, and the evil witch didn't do it in the end and chose to burn the king and queen of Shovalon to death. Not even a strand of silver hair remained after that.
Princess Ievna had witnessed how death had snatched her parents from her, and she was also near death's gate because Sharass had almost killed her back then. If her mother had not begged for her safety, then she would have died along with her parents fourteen years ago.