Heath was a cautious man, and he did not dare to take the strange woman into his base. He left her where she lay and instructed his men not to move her. If she froze to death on her own, it was not his fault but that of the watchers.
Hours passed, and the woman did not move. No one on the patrol team drifted away from their posts including Heath. They watched through binoculars, cloaked in jackets while filling their stomachs on hot vanilla spiced tea.
Heath had surrounded himself with his soldiers in the room where he was watching from. One of the women in the group felt uncomfortable because the woman outside was naked. The urge to say something had been growing in her throat with every second that passed.
She stepped forward hesitantly as she could not hold back anymore. "Sir, permission to cover the woman."
Heath gave a short snort. "Do it if you are brave enough to go close to her."
