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…

decided to hide my kind

seeing how famous our fictions of weakness are and how powerful the humans' belief was at that time, I

the dark for the fantasies to die down until the mortals no longer believed in it — as we had never

that's how a

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

for another civilization to be established around

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

It wasn't easy though...

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

to another was the least of my favorite. It was one of those things that

that is known to do that, but I was raised

virtue, particularly my

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

they would question me at one point,

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

let out a sigh at

this infinite gift of life was a curse rather than a

an option to escape this

not go back in time and tell my parents to

they are destined

my people's

me… my people's contentment and

beginning to believe that you were 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

instantly

of wind and felt a

a soul,” he pointed out, making me

ever had a soul, Raul?” I

placed a hand on his chest.

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

my eyes at

the point. So

He gasped loudly again.

“You are so cold.”

my shoulders and kept

again, I heard Cayden

the reason why the gods