CHAPTER 49 KLAUD I opened my eyes in a snap after hearing something like fingers snapping or clicking sound. My thoughts were muddled, I didn’t know what hit me, everything was a blur until I saw the man with eyes I was uncomfortable looking at. I immediately avoided his eyes. Despite an indistinct memory of what happened for I didn't know how long, the fact remained that I was in a completely different environment and in the company of this man. What was I doing in what looks like a cabin of a boat? I was supposed to be in the hospital, attending to my patients, or in the Palace preparing for my wedding…not here. And why was Dr. Van Aller with me? “What’s the meaning of this?” I asked squinting my eyes to see him clearly but avoiding looking directly into his eyes. John Van Aller la