Amanda might live with regret for the rest of her life.
She was late. She hadn't reached them in time, and Alex lost his mother.
Because of the snowy path and lack of transportation the girl couldn't reach Frostbate on time. And when she did she found her friends weeping in sorrow.
Though Edric insisted it would have been impossible to save her—even if the Saintess herself had been there—Amanda couldn't silence the tormenting thought: 'What if?' What if there had been the slimmest chance to save her? What if she had made it in time?
What if her condition might have been sustained until she could have been brought to Sarah…what if….
Now, all she could do was ponder those thoughts in agony.
"If you want, you can rest for a few moments. I'll guard him," Edric said as they continued walking.