A forgotten god. A marked girl. A fallen world. In the Ninth World - where time has eroded empires into myth and broken machines masquerade as miracles - Cassandra dares to break a sacred law. All her life, she has been haunted by prophetic dreams: fractured visions she only understood when it was too late. But one dream is sharp, urgent, and impossible to ignore. It calls her to the Sea of Rust - a cursed expanse where metal decays, and memory itself corrodes - to enter means exile...or death. There, buried among the bones of titanic war-machines and dead cities, Cassandra uncovers a fragment of something long forgotten... something that remembers being a god. Now marked by the fragment, Cassandra is on the run. Hunted by the fanatical Iron Order, and haunted by visions, Cassandra must seek refuge in Rusthaven. But within its walls waits the Rumi: a clandestine guild of relic-hunters led by the enigmatic Azra. Their knowledge may be her salvation - or her undoing. The past is alive in the Ninth World. It whispers in data-ghosts, bleeds through rust....and dreams of rebirth. ****Set in the RPG world of Numenera****

📝 Author's Note: This story is inspired by one of my all-time favorite shows - the unforgettable "Tere Bin" ❤️ As a fan of the brilliant Wahaj Ali and the incredible Yumna Zaidi, I couldn't resist imagining one of their intense moments... but this time, with a twist - in SaiRat style. Just a random scene - but with all the feels. --- What happens when a shocking rumor spreads through the Chavan house... That Sai is pregnant. But here's the twist - nothing like that has ever happened between Sai and Virat. So... where did this rumor start? Why now? And what will it change? And how Virat, caught between confusion and care, reacts when his world flips upside down once again. In a house full of judgments and half-truths, will this one rumor rewrite their entire story? --- ✨ I truly hope you all enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it! SaiRat meets Tere Bin - and emotions are about to explode. ACHIVEMENTS: #1 on Sairat 21 Feb 2025