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Idk whats with this wave of comments saying the FL is turning evil. From her perspective he killed her family that is what she understood. Thus she had a strong grudge against him. After meeting him as a child she is reminded of her trauma. His face was essentially the last she saw before her death so it has strong painful memories associated with it and so her anger is intensified by being around him. However He doesn't seem like a monster and its harder to hate a child but she is filled with so much hate and pain it has to go somewhere. SOMEONE had to have hurt her family. If he didn't who did? It would be a lot easier just to blame him since he was there when she was killed and she had believed he ordered their murder.
Since she has to get close to him they get familiar and that makes her sympathize with him more. Hes no angel but not the homicidal maniac she assumed he clearly dosnt kill without reasons. Now she has to wonder what her family did and if it was so bad it deserved to be killed for. She loves her family very much so its hard for her to think her very own flesh and blood who had raised her with love and care could have committed treason.
She is clearly struggling with her trauma and with trying to figure out who her grudge should be aimed at. I don't think she is acting evil at all. She quite logically assumed the prince was behind their murder and not having any idea of her families dirty dealings she could only assume he was a tyrant. As she gets to know him shes finding her assumptions were not 100% correct and is logically second guessing things but none of that changes he was the one who ordered her death so it's hard for her to forgive that no matter the reasoning's. If my neighbor ran over my dog even if it was an accident I would still be upset whenever I saw their face. That's not going to go away very quickly the negative emotion attached is too strong and it will take time for all that hurt to go away so you don't feel upset when you see them.