Alpha's Nala

Theo

Times had changed.

That's all I could think of as I watched the mortals mingled with my people, whom I should note were all creatures of the dark.

Back in the old days, humans feared our existence.

Only at the mention of our name, they would cower away from us and tightly locked their homes at night. For extra precaution, they always have garlic on their bedside table or bound around their necks.

Funny thing.

Through the years, as the fear grew inside of them, resulting in clouding their minds, they started to fight back with stakes and crosses.

I chuckled at the idea.

Little did they know, those things have no effect on us.

Let alone, kill us…

For over a millennium, there's no vampires — nor witches — reported dead because of the above-mentioned weapons.

We are immune to all of it; Hollywood's movie version doesn't justify any of our weaknesses.

I don't even know if they know any of it...

Until a century ago, they started reciting stories.

By now, I could tell how perplexed you are about the idea of stories being our drawback...

It's unusual and a unique approach, to be honest, but it's the most effective weapon in human history that could actually harm us.

How?

Stories about our weakness, and coming from thy lips of a human, makes us mortal.

It could start off with someone saying that a stake could stop a vampire's heartbeat or holy water to burn a vampire's skin. When a new individual heard about it and told someone else, and that someone else delivered the same story to another, and so on, the tale about the disadvantages becomes true.

I don't know if it's the power in telling or the strong belief of the human heart that makes it real, but it's there.

It's fatal and dangerous, and it's destroying my race to no end…

my kind and learn to

fictions of weakness are and how powerful the humans' belief was at that time, I

down until the mortals no longer believed in it — as we

that's how a story

they do not see the use of it any longer, or if

took almost a decade and for another civilization

discovering my people were suffering due to the lack of permanent residences

It wasn't easy though...

for the past years; had to watched different plagues sweep the world, and even observed technologies improved and ultimately

the least of my favorite. It was one of those things that I cannot bear to do for I hated deceiving

Vampire that is known to do that, but I was raised

virtue, particularly my

to meet the same individual that was helping me construct

they would question me at one point, since I never aged or look different by the passing

had to watch

out a sigh

of life was a curse rather than

do I have an option to

go back in time and tell my parents to find another one

they are destined

my people's

that matters to me… my people's contentment and

interests me now is your excuse on the question of how long will you be standing, by that stone pillar, and watch as your dark subjects find their REDs?” he

owner of the voice, I instantly

wind and

ignore a soul,”

did you ever had a soul, Raul?” I asked and glanced

he gasped and quickly placed a hand on

middle name — which by the way, I hated so much. And two, you're being

rolled my

the point. So

He gasped loudly again.

“You are so cold.”

my shoulders and kept my eyes

speak again, I heard Cayden

mumbled, “Maybe that's the reason why the gods above didn't grant you a second