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 didn t know if he had noticed the tone he used to speak to her, how soft it had sounded when he met her in the bedroom as though she was that Doctor he seemed too familiar with, and somehow, it had cajoled her a bit. And when he asked her to eat her food while Bilkisu made her bed, she questioned if she could watch the TV. Na im approved as he slumped on the other sofa and while she ate, Maryam focused her eyes on the TV as she watched a cartoon.</p>

<p>She knew they had once went to the cinema they had in Magumeri with Intisar, 'gidan kallo as everyone called and the TV there wasn t even the quarter of this one per size and to see everything as clearly as she was now and the sound so prominent, she knew everything must ve been expensive. She was relaxed, she thought, knowing so well that she wasn t going to stay alone with that girl he had brought to her. </p>

Chapter 19 13: Your Eyes Are Beautiful