Augh! This is gorgeous. Hauntingly, perfectly twisted, inverting our expectations and our knowledge.

Thank you, so very much. :) Poor Grima, gets so little fic attention. I'm glad that you felt he was compelling; I really do believe that he had reasonably honorable intentions when he was first in Meduseld, and that Saruman corrupted him, perhaps fairly quickly.

So pleased that you enjoyed!! The muse thanks you too. ;)