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

seeing how famous our fictions of weakness are

for the fantasies to die down until the mortals no longer believed in it

how

see the use of it any longer, or if they wanted to begin and create

almost a decade and for another civilization to

to the lack of permanent residences and

It wasn't easy though...

had to undergo a lot of transitions for the past years; had to watched

least of my favorite. It was one of

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

virtue, particularly my

needed since I have to meet the same individual

meetings occurred multiple times in a year and surely, they would question me at

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

a sigh at the

gift of life was a curse rather

do I have an option

in time and tell my parents to find another one

when they

have provided my

me…

going to bail this out again like you always do.” 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 your

voice, I instantly ignored him and remained

gust of wind and felt a presence

it's rude to ignore a soul,” he pointed out, making me

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

he gasped and quickly placed a hand on his chest. Then, he shot me a fake hurt

hated so much.

rolled my eyes

that's the point.

He gasped loudly again.

“You are so cold.”

my shoulders and kept my eyes locked in the

I will not speak again, I heard Cayden let out

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