the tension in the room , if you can believe it , actually went up a notch or two as the three wolves of satan stood silently across the floor from the two wolves of letorque and me , cowering behind the legs of george in an attempt to not only hide myself from the intimidating creatures on the other side of the makeshift ring but , i believe , to shield my own eyes from viewing them because at that point in my life id never been so sure of one thing ; i was going to die .