On the run from former allies, can Sindara survive their attacks? A short story written by Zam user Poldaran.

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Another shadowbolt whizzed by her head, narrowly missing her ear and severing a few strands of her shoulder length black hair. "Is that all you've got?!" Sindara of Wintermoon shouted in defiance. "There are a half dozen of you, and not one of you has managed to even hit me. I suspect that your masters have just sent their most pathetic students out just to be rid of the lot of you!"

Under normal circumstances, taunting that many foes would have been unwise, but since Sindara was already past the point of no return, she figured there was nothing to lose. If their anger surged enough to make them sloppy, then it would in fact be a great gain to her. She only had to survive long enough for assistance to arrive. Since she had tricked them into following her into a park in the floating city of Dalaran, it would thankfully take little time before someone responded.

"We'll kill you, Oathbreaker!" One of the gnomes called out. "You'll pay for violating our code!"

Sindara couldn't help but laugh at his words. Within the warlock society in Stormwind, adversity had forged bonds akin to brotherhood. Through it all, they had won the tenuous acceptance of the king and the nobles. But there were those who believed that any mistake by one of its members would rekindle the mistrust and persecution that they had fought so hard to put to rest.

Each warlock had to be so far above suspicion as to avoid tainting the image of his or her brethren, so all members of the society were forced to swear an oath to obey any laws or decrees of Stormwind or the Alliance. For a time, this had been easy to follow. Then the king had decreed that Sindara's older sister, Poldaran, must be captured and executed for crimes against the Alliance.

Sindara had chosen to aid Poldaran's escape because she believed that those in power had been misinformed. Poldaran wasn't a threat, she was an ally. In the end, she was proven correct and the king even officially pardoned the warlock for her actions.

That had not mattered to the warlock community, however. She had violated her oath, and in so doing, had put them all in danger. Her sentence stood. She would be hunted down and slaughtered.