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promised us bigger and
    even more dramatic storylines this season than its
    barnstorming first year!"
    Sharlene turned her fixed, megawatt smile on
    Rick. "Richard O'Shea - you play the naughtiest
    sub on TV at the moment," she simpered. "But in
    real life you're not a sub at all! How does it feel
    playing one? And how do you manage to do it so
    convincingly?" She fingered the plain silver collar
    around her throat and gazed up at him through her
    eyelashes. "Maybe the sub in your life gives you
    coaching?" she suggested throatily.
    "Well, there isn't a sub in my life right now,"
    Rick replied, giving her a wide smile that showed
    off his dazzling white teeth. "And my friends call
    me Rick, Sharlene." He winked at her, and she
    positively melted in front of him.
    Matt sighed. Rick's inevitable and unsubtle
    flirting with every new sub in sight, collared or
    not, always grated on his nerves.
    "Well, Rick, I'm sure that special sub is
    waiting out there for you somewhere," Sharlene
    said.
    "If you weren't collared, I'd say I was looking
    at her right now," Rick replied. It was all Matt
    could do not to roll his eyes. "As for playing the
    naughtiest sub on TV - this job is the most fun I've
    ever had at work!"
    "Every time we watch the show my dom says
    to me, 'if that boy was mine he wouldn't sit
    comfortably again for the rest of his life'!"
    Sharlene laughed.
    "Yeah, Alex Tanner does get into a lot of
    trouble," Rick agreed.
    "It's strange seeing you without that big ol'
    black collar you usually wear on the show!"
    Rick ran his hand over his bare neck. "Well,
    I'm off duty and out of costume right now," he said,
    gesturing to his clothes.
    "I don't think the chief over there would let
    Alex wear these kinds of clothes on one of his ops,
    do you?" Rick glanced at Daniel.
    Sharlene thrust her microphone under
    Daniel's nose. "Daniel Mayfield, you play the chief
    of this motley band of Collar Crime agents - a man
    with a dark past and a tough way with the subs on
    his team."
    "I think the chief just wants to keep them all
    alive," Daniel replied, with a courteous smile at
    Sharlene. "And he has to keep them on a short
    leash to ensure their safety."
    "And you, Matthew Lake." Sharlene turned to
    him, looking a lot less interested than she had been
    when talking to Rick. "Last season your character,
    Ben Harris, was the newbie on the team, but I hear
    this season that you might finally win the chief's
    trust - and even be given that much-coveted
    apprenticeship collar!"
    "Well, it's possible - but I think Ben has a lot
    of growing up to do first - and some mistakes to
    make as well," Matt replied, smiling at her through
    gritted teeth. "He wants to wear the chief's
    apprenticeship collar and really feel part of the
    team, but the chief will make him earn it."
    Sharlene couldn't have been less interested.
    She turned back to Daniel. "It's unusual, isn't it,
    Daniel, for a boss to collar his workplace
    subordinates? I mean, usually a dom only collars a
    sub when they're sexually or romantically
    involved. But the chief hasn't taken any of his
    subordinates to his bed - the collars he gives them
    are for work only."
    "It is unusual." Daniel nodded. "But not
    completely unheard of. The show runner, Petra
    Davies, based the character of Chief Christie on a
    real life guy she met a few years ago when
    researching a show about the Marines. That guy
    was as much of a hardass as Chief Christie, and I
    think he's the inspiration behind the character."
    "Well, I did not know that!" Sharlene
    exclaimed.
    Daniel nodded. "Apparently, it's not unusual
    in small law-enforcement teams or combat teams,
    for
    a
    boss
    to
    give
    their
    subordinates
    apprenticeship collars. It can create a sense of
    bonding and trust in a team like this."
    "So that's why the chief collared Alex Tanner
    and the twins?" She glanced at Cara and Casey
    who waved back at her.
    "Yes, it is. We covered it in an episode at the
    beginning of last season, and I think it fits in