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…

I decided to hide my kind

that. Though, seeing how famous our fictions of weakness are and how powerful the humans'

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

how a story

they do not see the use of it any longer, or if they wanted to begin and

took almost a decade and for another civilization

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

It wasn't easy though...

to undergo a lot of transitions for the past years; had to watched different plagues sweep the world, and

the least of my favorite. It was one

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

my virtue, particularly my

meet the same individual that was

question me at one point, since I never aged or look different

be, I had to watch them die in the process at

out a sigh at the

life was a curse rather than a

an option to

and tell my

they are destined

have provided my people's

me… my people's contentment and

do.” I heard a low and husky voice started, “But what really interests me now is your excuse

instantly ignored him

gust of wind and felt a presence

rude to ignore a

ever had a soul, Raul?” I asked and

a hand on his chest. Then, he

hated so

only rolled my eyes

the

He gasped loudly again.

“You are so cold.”

and kept my eyes locked in

I heard Cayden let

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