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

weakness are and how powerful the humans' belief was at that time, I

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

that's how a

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

took almost a decade and for

to the lack of permanent residences and food, I started

It wasn't easy though...

past years; had to watched different plagues sweep the

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

that is known to do that,

value my virtue, particularly

needed since I have to meet the same individual that was helping me construct my vision for

in a year and surely, they would question me at one point, since

it all, and sadly as it can be, I had to watch them die in the process at

let out a sigh at the

this infinite gift of life was a curse rather than

an option

not go back in time and tell my parents to

when they are destined

provided my people's needs and performed

me… my people's

bail this 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

owner of the voice, I instantly ignored him

a gust of wind and felt a presence beside

to ignore a soul,” he

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

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

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

my eyes at

the

He gasped loudly again.

“You are so cold.”

shoulders and kept my

that I will not speak again, I heard Cayden let

devastated...” I heard him mumbled, “Maybe that's the reason why the gods above didn't grant