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 to

how famous our fictions of 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

how a

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

for another

due to the

It wasn't easy though...

to watched

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

known to do

value my virtue,

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

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

sadly as it can be, I had to watch

let out a

life was a curse rather than

I have an option to escape this

my parents to find another one to love

when they

my

to me… my

you were going to 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 of how long will you be standing, by that stone pillar, and

voice, I instantly ignored him and remained

of wind

it's rude to ignore a

Raul?” I asked and glanced

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

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

rolled my eyes

that's the point.

He gasped loudly again.

“You are so cold.”

and kept my eyes

again, I heard Cayden let

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