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 and learn

how famous our fictions of weakness are and how powerful the

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

that's how a

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

almost a decade and for another

my people were suffering due to the lack of

It wasn't easy though...

for the past years; had to watched different plagues

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

do

my virtue, particularly

were needed since I have to meet the

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

can be, I had to watch them die in the process

a sigh at

this infinite gift of life was a curse rather than a

do I have an option to

and tell my parents to

they are destined

have provided my people's needs and performed what was

all that matters to me… my people's

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

instantly ignored him and remained still in my

I heard a gust of wind and felt

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

Raul?” I asked and glanced at

that, he gasped and quickly placed a hand on his chest. Then,

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

rolled my

that's the point. So

He gasped loudly again.

“You are so cold.”

kept my eyes locked

I will not speak again, I heard Cayden let

that's the reason why the