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

"Afternoon, Captain. I got a bit startled seeing your call, because the way you left that day made me think you d never contact me again. I hope everything is fine with you?" He tasted the despair dripping from each word she had uttered but Na im wasn t ready to feel sympathy for yet, another woman in his life.

"I'm fine, but she s not. Is there a way you can help, please? I can easily take her to the hospital." The panic in his voice made Nafisa tame down all the words she wished to say to him and her professional self kicked in.

"Subhanallah, what's wrong with her? Can she speak?"

Chapter 44 27: A Glimpse Of Red