About an hour later I was left alone lying on the floor. Wormtongue had left me half naked and in pain. He had not been gentle and loving as Legolas had been but cruel and harsh.

A gremlin came in to the room and cut my bonds. Even when my hands were free I still did not move. I was still trying to process the shock and horror of what had just happened to me. I was in such a catatonic state I did not even notice when Saruman entered the room.

"Get up." he commanded. I still lay there, the feeling of desolation was so great that I couldn't even feel fear.

"Do you want the elf to see you in this way when he comes to rescue you?" he asked snidely.

A shock ran through my body at the thought of him knowing what had been done to me, how I'd been violated. I pulled myself to my feet and stood before Saruman. He flung a black dress at my feet. "Put this on and make yourself presentable. You look terrible." He strode out of the room and again I was on my own.

My body went in to auto pilot and without thinking I changed in to the dress. When Saruman re-entered the room I was staring forlornly out of the window at the activity going on below.

"Screamed for help yet?" he asked.

"What would be the point?" I replied sadly.

"Well at least you are relatively clever, let us just hope the elf isn't."

I looked back at him, remembering his words earlier I felt myself growing sick with panic.

"Why are you doing this? You lost the battle, what good will it do to kill more people now?"

"Revenge. It is so terribly sad he will race here to save his love only to find that she is now spoiled by another man, well another creature, he will feel a world of pain and then I will kill him."

He watched with great pleasure in his eyes as tears rolled down my cheeks.

"Well that's if he even comes at all. He may not even want to rescue you," he walked slowly toward me until he was inches away from me and said very slowly and deliberately "maybe he just doesn't love you."

"He does." I said softly.

Saruman cackled. "You seem to forget my dear that I am a very powerful wizard. I know spells which allow me to enter your mind and take your thoughts at will. I know that he left you alone, you must admit that that's not the actions of a man in love now is it?"

I couldn't answer him for I had wondered the exact same thing myself. The only thing I could do was sit there.

"I don't see that it matters either way though. If he does really love you and come to save you then you will watch him suffer and die but if he doesn't then you know that he does not truly care for you and used you."

At that I felt a rush of anger. "I would rather he did not love me and lived!" I shouted.

He smiled back at me. "We will just have to wait and see won't we?"