Absolutely nothing. Blindness would render him incapacitated and useless in a world where he had once reigned like a prince, and that looming prospect filled him with resentment and dread. There had been many sleepless nights—more than he cared to admit—that he had lain awake, ceaselessly pondering his uncertain future. Without his eyesight, it would be impossible for him to maintain his status as a world-renowned architect. Once it was publicly known that he was completely blind, The Spire would be not only his most celebrated commission, but it would also be his final one. And to make matters worse, he was going to lose his equity ownership of it. As the majority share owner, Eliot Watercross planned to force The Spire’s sale to Harvey Zale in exchange for the Li Long construction contracts. Without his eyesight, it would be impossible for Sven to participate in the design of the Li Long Towers. His brother and Watercross would use his name, his reputation and his patented designs to develop the project without him. It would be a project stolen away from him by his ruthless business partner and his estranged brother, and Sven would be left with nothing except the bitter injustice that everything would have been different if he had never been injured.
