This story is the culminating follow-up to "Clashed Preferences", and an account of Bianca's erotic adventure with the Ryder sisters. They use physical restraints on her, thereby recovering her sexual response and giving rise to the consummation of her marriage.
Professor Andre Levin is about to marry his 3rd wife. Naturally, his first and second wives will help him greet her and assist her in satisfying him. After all, that's what a harem is for, right? This is a story set in a future where plural marriage is commonplace.
Astrid is only one of many wives on the Norse shore who are waiting for the longships to return from their regular spring expedition. She looks forward to her husband Thorvald's return, as much for the passion of his lovemaking as for the bounty the men return with. But as summer becomes winter, Astrid comes to fear that her husband may already have been called to Valhalla and that she has become a widow.
A Examinations Story (1) Kathy goes to see Janet, her regular gynecologist, but Janet's new partner has made some changes to Janet, the practice, and soon does so to Kathy, too.