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>She slowly took her eyes off him and he watched as she pulled her guards back around herself. He acted as if he didn t notice the change in her, "Where s the food he has sent along with the clothes?" She looked at him for a moment, then at the other nylons she hadn t even touched.</p>

<p>Na im realized that was her way of showing him where they were and he took them wordlessly, found the one that had the meal and he walked to the kitchen to see if there was a microwave he could warm the food for them. It happened that the house wasn t just furnished, it was well equipped that if he were to live in the house, he would need title to no more than a few appliances. That justified the price he had paid for the house, he mused as he warmed the food and when he got back to the living room, she was folding the cloths she had scattered around.</p>

Chapter 14 14: A Curious Captain