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…

hide my kind and

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

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

how

it

and for another civilization to be

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

It wasn't easy though...

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

favorite. It was one of those things that I cannot bear

is known to do that, but I was raised

value my virtue, particularly my

needed since I have to meet the same individual that was helping me construct my vision for my

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

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

out a sigh

gift of life was a curse

I have an

tell my parents to find another one to

they are destined

provided my people's needs and performed what was expected

me…

husky voice started, “But what really interests me now is your excuse on the question of how long will you be standing,

instantly ignored him and remained

gust of wind

to ignore a soul,” he

soul, Raul?” I asked and

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

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

my eyes

the point.

He gasped loudly again.

“You are so cold.”

shrug my shoulders and kept

that I will not speak again, I heard Cayden

the reason why the gods above didn't