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 had knocked and they were waiting for Bilkisu to open the door for them when he turned to look at her, "I m going to the barrack, don t give Bilkisu a hard time, okay?" He didn t know how to say goodbye to her, just that he knew this might take a week or less, but he didn't want her to know that. "Incase I don t come back today, I'll ask one of soldiers to come and take you to the hospital, you all know them, right?" He asked and she was just looking at him as if she didn t know what he was talking about. </p>

<p>"Talk to me, Mairam. I have little time on my hands." He said impatiently and she shook her head. </p>

Chapter 36 23: Stains Of Blood