we obeyed her orders , my last sight of teouso was of him standing upon the path , he howled loudly towards our pursuers , the bodies were being jerked this way and that , the creatures beyond obviously tearing at them to remove them from blocking their way forward , someone grabbed my arm and i was hauled forward , the last thing i heard was a loud blood-curdling cry and a crescendo of growls , the creatures had obviously made it through and now they and the great dire wolf fought a bloody battle to the death .