Prince Andile Bafana stretched lazily on his bed and gazed at his beautiful wife, Princess Fikile. Grinning, he flexed his pleasurably sore muscles. Sometimes he honestly thought the tall, ebony-skinned and absolutely gorgeous African Princess was trying to kill him in the most pleasurable of ways. That amazingly sexy body of hers did things to him which astonished him in the most unpredictable ways. Although he had known both women and men sexually, she stood apart among his lovers. And not just because she was his darling wife. The woman had a passion which he could not quench but he was certainly willing to die trying. Taking his wife's hand in his, he gently brought it to his lips. Then he stood up and walked up to the window of their palatial apartments. From the window he could see the beautiful City of Dumazile, Crown Jewel of the Zulu Empire.
It had been two and a half weeks since Prince Andile Bafana, son of King Fundadi and Queen Gabisile, married the lovely Princess Fikile, cousin of his best friend and former lover, the warrior Prince Gatsha. They had enjoyed a most wonderful honeymoon, traveling across the vast cities and towns of the Zulu Empire. Someday, when King Fundani was no more, Prince Andile Bafana would be crowned Emperor of the Zulu Empire. The millions of men and women who called the Zulu Empire home would be his loyal subjects. The Prince gazed at the vastness of his favorite City, his handsome face frowning pensively. He was so deep in thought that he didn't hear Princess Fikile walk up behind him. Tenderly the tall African Princess wrapped her arms around her husband's waist. Her touch startled Princess Andile, who jumped slightly. Princess Fikile laughed, and gently kissed him on the cheek.
Although they hadn't been married long, she already felt that she knew him better than he knew himself. Princess Fikile could tell that her husband was troubled. Moving to stand beside him, she looked at him pensively without saying anything. For a long moment, Andile Bafani's gaze wandered from one end of the vast metropolis to the other. From the towers of the mighty citadel where warrior-priestesses from the Kingdom of Dahomey ( Benin) taught female warriors selected from the top Zulu families the art of war to the buzzing marketplace at the center of the City. From the vast Temples of the Gods and Goddesses to the beautiful Public Gardens, a favorite gathering place of lovers across town. How the Prince loved his City. However, the beauty of metropolitan Dumazile paled in comparison to that of the beautiful Princess Fikile. Grinning, he pulled his gaze away from the City and fixed it on his beautiful wife. Fikile cocked an eyebrow and crossed her arm while gazing at her husband. Calmly, she asked him what troubled him. Andile Bafana, in the tradition of husbands the world over seeking to avoid an argument, simply shrugged and said "nothing".