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…

to hide my

of weakness are and how powerful the humans' belief was at

mortals no longer believed in it — as we had never been real

that's how

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

took almost a decade and for another civilization to be established around the

were suffering due to the lack of permanent residences and food, I started building my empire

It wasn't easy though...

the past years; had to

of my favorite. It was one

to do that, but I was raised well and with

my virtue, particularly

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

a year and surely, they would question me at one point, since I never aged or

can be, I had

let out a sigh at

infinite gift of life was a curse rather than

an option to escape

tell my parents to find another

when they are

provided my people's needs

to me… my people's contentment and

I heard a low and husky voice started, “But what really interests me now is your excuse on the question of how long will you be standing, by that stone pillar, and watch as

the owner of the voice, I instantly ignored him and remained still

a gust of wind and felt a presence beside

it's rude to ignore a soul,”

soul, Raul?”

on his chest. Then, he shot me a

stop calling me by my middle name — which by the way, I hated so much. And two, you're being so brutal for reminding me that I am dead. That's overkill already,

only rolled my eyes at

that's the

He gasped loudly again.

“You are so cold.”

shrug my shoulders and kept my eyes locked in

I will not speak again, I heard Cayden let

mumbled, “Maybe that's the reason why the