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

Though, seeing how famous our fictions of weakness are and how powerful the humans'

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

how a

when they do not see the use of it any longer, or if they

decade and for another civilization

due to the lack of permanent residences and food, I started building my

It wasn't easy though...

a lot of transitions for the past years; had to watched

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

is known to do

my virtue,

frauds and conspiracies were needed since I have to meet the

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

and sadly as it can be, I had to

a sigh at

life was a curse rather than

do I have an option

back in time and tell my parents to find another one

they

have provided my people's needs and performed

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 question of how

instantly ignored him and remained

heard a gust of wind and felt

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

Raul?” I asked and glanced at my foolish

placed a hand on

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

only rolled my

the point. So

He gasped loudly again.

“You are so cold.”

my shoulders and kept my eyes locked in the

I heard Cayden let out a defeated

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