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…

my kind and learn

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 don't have much of a

the mortals no longer believed in it — as we had

how a story

the use of it any longer, or if they wanted to begin and create a new

almost a decade and for another civilization

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

It wasn't easy though...

to watched different plagues sweep the world, and even observed

was

known to do that, but I

virtue, particularly

needed since I have to meet the same individual that was helping

at one

had to watch them die in the

let out a sigh at the

infinite gift of life was a curse

do I have an option to escape

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

when they are destined

my

to me…

you always do.” I heard a low and husky voice started, “But what really interests

the voice, I instantly ignored him and remained still in

a gust of wind and felt a presence beside

it's rude to ignore a

ever had a soul, Raul?” I asked and glanced

a hand on his chest. Then,

calling me by my middle name — which by the way, I hated so much.

my eyes

that's the point. So

He gasped loudly again.

“You are so cold.”

only shrug my shoulders and kept my eyes

I will not speak again, I heard Cayden let out

“Maybe that's the reason why the gods above didn't grant