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 learn to

seeing how famous our fictions of weakness are and how powerful the humans' belief was at

mortals no longer believed in it

how a

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

it took almost a decade and for another

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

It wasn't easy though...

had to watched different plagues sweep the world, and even observed technologies improved and

of my favorite. It was one

is known to do that, but I was

value my virtue, particularly my

since I have to meet the same

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

as it can be, I had to watch them die in the process at a certain

out a

was

an option to escape

and tell my parents to find another

when they

am just grateful that I have provided my people's needs and performed what was expected of

all that matters to me… my people's contentment and

beginning to believe that 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 watch as your

voice, I instantly ignored

I heard a gust of wind and felt a presence

to ignore a soul,” he pointed

Raul?” I asked and glanced

hand on

Cayden so please stop calling me by my middle name — which by the way, I hated so much. And two, you're being so brutal for

rolled my eyes at

the

He gasped loudly again.

“You are so cold.”

kept

that I will not speak again, I heard Cayden let out

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