On the brink of a life that seemed too dull to excite her, amidst the chaos of the insurgency that threatened not just her happiness, but the little she had as a world; Maryam Bukar Ibrahim seemed to battle more wars than her 16 years old and autistic brain could handle. 

It became too much to bear, too much grief for her heart to take and a commitment her innocent yet frail body could endure. As if that wasn’t enough, destiny found a way of getting her married to a soldier, at the brink of her father’s death and the last words he pronounced were of her becoming Mrs. Na’im Bolori. 

For Captain Na’im Bolori, marriage was the last thing he thought for his life. He was the prince of the Kingdom of Maiduguri and suffering from an unmentioned illness broke more of his engagements than he cared to count. Being a soldier was his lifetime dream, yet rescuing a dying father only to get him married to his weird and two colored eyes daughter was something he had never imagined. 

He took her home not because he wanted, not because he was ever going to accept the so called marriage, between, she was only 16 years old! But destiny decided to play with his heart and test how capable he was of controlling himself and protecting the ones he loved. As said, When A Soldier Loves...He Kills To Protect.

When A Soldier Loves

<p>Melodiously, Na im heard the sound of her voice as she recited some du as into his ear. The sound was still there, so as the pain in his heart when she began, but everything seemed to be calming down after she had ventured into the recitation of the holy Qur an and he found himself getting his calmness back as peace began to embrace his body. He closed his eyes, the pain gone as well as the sound and she kept on reciting the verses of Allah into his ears in her tiny yet melodious voice.</p>

<p>Verily, in the remembrance of Allah, do hearts find peace. His heart found peace and he seemed calm and was about to drift into a slumber, his head still on her laps when the knock came and he knew it was Hafiz, which emanated that Sadeeq was gone. It seemed as though that sound had reminded her of who he was and she as well, before she not so gently placed his head back on the bed and rushed to where she was before.</p>

Chapter 13 13: A Laugh At The Mansion