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

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 don't have much of a

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

how a story

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

decade and for another civilization to be

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

It wasn't easy though...

the past years; had to watched different plagues sweep the world, and even observed

It was one of those things that

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

virtue, particularly my

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

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

it all, and sadly as it can be, I had to watch them

out a sigh at

was a curse rather than a

I have an option to escape

could not go back in time and tell my parents to find another one to

they are destined

I am just grateful that I have provided my people's needs and performed what was expected of

that matters to me… my people's

“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 dark subjects find their

voice, I instantly ignored him and remained

I heard a gust of wind and felt a presence

a soul,” he pointed

ever had a soul, Raul?” I

placed a hand on his chest. Then, he shot me a fake

Cayden so please 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

only rolled my eyes

the

He gasped loudly again.

“You are so cold.”

kept my

that I will not speak again, I heard Cayden let out a defeated

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