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…

I decided to hide my kind and learn

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

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

how a

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

and for another civilization to be established around

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

It wasn't easy though...

for the past years; had to watched

It was one of those things that I cannot bear to do for I hated deceiving

Vampire that is known to do that, but I was

my virtue,

since I have to meet the same individual that was helping me construct

meetings occurred multiple times in a year and surely, they would question me at one point, since I

it all, and sadly as it can be, I had

a

infinite gift of life was a curse

do I have an option

go back in time and tell my parents

they

I have provided my people's needs and performed

matters to me… my

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 dark subjects

owner of the voice, I instantly ignored him and remained

heard a gust of wind and felt a

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

did you ever had a soul, Raul?” I

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

all, it's Cayden so please stop calling me by my middle name — which by the way, I hated so much. And two, you're being

my eyes

the point. So

He gasped loudly again.

“You are so cold.”

shoulders and kept

speak again, I heard Cayden let

reason why the