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 to

fictions of weakness are and how powerful the humans' belief was at

I waited in the dark for the fantasies to die down until the mortals no longer believed

that's how

use of it any longer, or if they wanted

for another civilization to be established around

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

It wasn't easy though...

lot of transitions for the past years; had to watched different plagues sweep the

to another was the least of my favorite. It was one of

Vampire that is known to do that, but I

virtue, particularly my

have to meet the

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

had to watch them die in the process at

a sigh

was

an option to escape this

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

they are destined

have provided my people's needs and

me… my

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

of the voice, I instantly ignored

I heard a gust of wind

a soul,” he

you ever had a soul, Raul?” I asked and glanced at my foolish

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

the way, I hated so much. And two, you're being

my eyes at

the point.

He gasped loudly again.

“You are so cold.”

shrug my shoulders and kept my eyes locked in

speak again, I heard Cayden let out

why the gods above didn't grant you a second chance at