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The Cup of Coffee

The Arabian coffee

By R RokaPublished 5 months ago 3 min read
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In the core of an old Bedouin town, settled between the transcending hills and the unpleasant murmurs of the breeze, there existed a story that sent shudders down the spines of the boldest spirits. It was an account of a reviled Arabic espresso, a mix that brought not warmth and kinship, but rather an obscurity that saturated the actual spirits of the people who thought for even a moment to taste it.

Legend had it that profound inside the complex rear entryways of the town carried on with a puzzling figure named Rahim. He was a loner, rarely seen by the townspeople, however his name reverberated through the restricted roads like a vile song. Rahim was said to have an old recipe for Arabic espresso that had been corrupted by the malignant powers of the desert.

One foreboding evening, an inquisitive young fellow named Karim wandered into the shadows, driven by a voracious craving to reveal the secrets that covered Rahim's home. As he moved toward the broken down structure, the air developed weighty with an agitating tranquility.

A corroded entryway squeaked open, uncovering Rahim's puncturing eyes that appeared to gleam in the faint candlelight. Without a word, he gave Karim a little cup of Arabic espresso, its smell bound with an extraordinary quintessence. The fluid inside appeared to twirl like a dull vortex.

"Drink," Rahim encouraged, his voice a low mumble that creeped Karim out.

Constrained by a bizarre power, Karim faltered just immediately prior to raising the cup to his lips. As the reviled fluid contacted his tongue, a chill ran down his spine, and the gleaming candles cast moving shadows that appeared to murmur pernicious insider facts.

The second the last drop passed Karim's lips, an eerie quietness wrapped the room. The air developed thick with a severe haziness, and Rahim's eyes glimmered with an evil fulfillment.

From that evening forward, the town changed. The once very close local area became tormented by a ghostly feeling of segregation. Locals kept away from eye to eye connection, their overcomes carved with dread and suspicion. It was like an imperceptible power had woven a trap of fear, choking out the actual pith of the once-lively town.

Karim, presently a simple shell of his previous self, wandered the back streets like a ghost. His once-enthusiastic eyes were empty, and his strides repeated like an empty drumbeat. The reviled Arabic espresso had consumed his soul as well as the whole town's.

Weird events turned into a piece of day to day existence. Unexplained shadows prowled in the corners, and murmurs of tortured spirits reverberated as the night progressed. Entryways forcibly closed with concealed hands, and the breeze conveyed sad cries that appeared to exude from the very sands underneath their feet.

Distress grasped the townspeople as they looked for shelter from the malignance that presently penetrated each part of their reality. Rahim, the vile puppeteer, watched from the shadows, delighting in the wretchedness he had released upon the once-flourishing local area.

It was expressed that on the commemoration of that game changing evening, the reviled Arabic espresso would guarantee another casualty. A spirit, tortured and broken, would be baited into Rahim's nest, compelled to participate in the noxious brew that bound them to an unending length of time of obscurity.

As the legend spread, adjoining towns tried not adventure close to the detestable spot. The spooky murmurs of the spurned town filled in as an advance notice, a wake up call that reverberated through the ridges, hindering any who thought about disclosing the mysteries of the Arabic espresso.

Thus, the town remained caught in the grasp of Rahim's vindictive wizardry, a useful example murmured among the breezes that cleared across the spooky rises, conveying with them the chilling sign of the reviled brew that snuck in the shadows.

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R Roka

Hello, I'm R Roka, a passionate content author with a deep love for the written word. With experience in the field, I have had the privilege of crafting engaging and informative content across various niches.

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  • Rasha El-wakil5 months ago

    Good work

  • This was a fantastic story! However, it would be more suitable to post this in the Fiction community 😊

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