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>He tried to act casual when he walked back into the room, "Can I please talk to her for a minute? It might help make her open up more." The way he had looked at her was enough to make her give him her world and it wasn't until then that Nafisa realized how she had been chanting to herself that she wasn t in love with him anymore-had been the greatest lie she d ever tell herself.</p>

<p>"Sure, I'll be outside the door." He waited until she closed the door behind her before he went to take up her seat and Maryam shifted even farther away from him as if there wasn't enough space between them. The body trembling was back and it was only till then that he realized she was sitting normally when Nafisa was there, which meant she was only terrified of him. </p>

Chapter 17 11: B