C23 Fault Lines 2

The markets didn’t crash.

They shifted.

Quietly.

Precisely.

Like tectonic plates sliding beneath an ocean no one thought to measure.

And Ashley Sterling was the only one watching the seismograph.

The Apex System dashboard glowed softly in the dim light of Ashley’s private strategy suite.

Green across most sectors.

But not all.

Three red markers blinked — not alarms, not yet