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

was a cowardly move, I admit that. Though, seeing how famous our fictions of weakness are and how powerful the humans' belief was at that time, I

the mortals no longer believed in it — as we had never

that's how a

telling them when they do not see the use of it any longer, or if they wanted to

took almost a decade and for

my people were suffering due to the lack of

It wasn't easy though...

years; had to watched different plagues

the least of my favorite. It was one of those

is known to do that, but I

my virtue, particularly

since I have to meet the same individual that was helping me construct my vision for

at one

it all, and sadly as it can be, I had to watch them die in the process at a

a sigh

was a

an option to escape

in time and tell my parents to

they are destined

I have provided my people's needs and performed what was expected of

that matters to me… my people's contentment and

this out again like you always do.” I heard a low and husky voice started, “But what really interests me now is

the owner of the voice, I instantly ignored

gust of wind

a soul,” he pointed out, making

had a soul, Raul?” I asked and glanced at

on his chest. Then, he shot me a

— which by the way, I hated so much. And two, you're being so brutal for reminding me that I am dead. That's

rolled my eyes at his

that's the point.

He gasped loudly again.

“You are so cold.”

only shrug my shoulders and kept my eyes locked

speak again, I heard Cayden

“Maybe that's the reason why the gods above didn't grant