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

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 of a

no longer believed in it — as we

how a

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

took almost a decade and for another civilization to

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

It wasn't easy though...

lot of transitions for the past years; had to watched different plagues sweep the world, and even observed technologies improved and

least of my favorite. It was one of those things

may be a Vampire that is known to do that, but I was raised well

value my virtue,

and conspiracies were needed since I have to meet the same individual

me at one point, since I

had to watch

out a sigh

this infinite gift of life was a curse

do I have an option to escape this

go back in time and tell my parents to find another one

when they are

grateful that I have provided my people's needs and performed what was

that matters to me… my people's contentment and

and husky voice started, “But what really interests me now is your

instantly ignored him and remained

heard a gust of wind and felt

know it's rude to ignore a soul,” he

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

on his chest. Then,

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

only rolled my eyes at his

that's the point.

He gasped loudly again.

“You are so cold.”

only shrug my shoulders and kept my eyes locked

I heard Cayden let out

the gods above didn't grant