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

are and

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

how a

use of it any

for another civilization to be established

no trouble anymore and discovering my people were suffering due to the lack of permanent residences and food, I started building my empire

It wasn't easy though...

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

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

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

virtue,

frauds and conspiracies were needed since I have to meet the same individual that was helping

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

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

a sigh at the

infinite gift of life was a curse

have an option to escape this

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

they are destined

my people's needs

all that matters to me… my

started, “But what really interests me now is your excuse on the question of how long

the voice, I instantly ignored him and remained

of wind and felt a presence

know it's rude to ignore a soul,” he pointed

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

quickly placed a hand on his

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

only rolled my eyes at his

that's the point. So

He gasped loudly again.

“You are so cold.”

and kept my

I

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