Day 45: Hail to the Chief

gwynnyd wanted to see Saruman's first meeting with Lotho - are they what the other expected?

Day 45 - Part Two....

as part of the Saruman of Many Colours series.

Hail to the Chief

All the long, weary leagues of the Wild, Saruman remembered the faces of the hobbit-lordlings, and ground his teeth. So pleased with themselves. So gracious.

Those four might have eluded his grasp, but another would-be hobbit lord was still within reach of the White Hand. One through whom he would wreak just revenge for the destruction of his home and hopes.

On the doorstep of Bag End, Lotho did not disappoint. Saruman, looking beyond the sandy hair and bulging paunch, saw the simmering resentment of the spoiled child, the apple of his mother's eye, but else a laughing stock.

Perfect.