Grizzly Flying Free (Air Bear Shifters Book 2) by Sloane Meyers Read Free Book Online

noise to realize that something was wrong. He saw the oil pressure gauge dropping rapidly, and he cursed under his breath. Within moments, he was banking a sharp, one hundred and eighty degree turn to head back to the airport. Without pausing to warn Silver that they were in trouble, he got on his radio and contacted air traffic control.
    “Be advised, Cessna N67322 is suffering a total engine failure. Requesting permission to initiate emergency landing procedures.”
    Out of the corner of his eye, Anderson saw Silver whip her head toward him. He glanced at her, and her eyes had gone wide with terror.
    “Dad?” she asked into the mouthpiece of her headset. “Are we going to crash?”
    Anderson reached over and put a reassuring hand on her shoulder. “Not if I can help it, sweetheart. The landing might be a bit rough, though. Make sure your seatbelt is nice and tight.”
    Silver did as she was told, and Anderson returned his focus to the task at hand—landing an airplane with no power. Luckily, the airport was still close, and Anderson had plenty of altitude to let the plane glide in to the runway. His heart was pounding, and adrenaline was coursing through his veins, but in his head he knew they were going to be just fine. He kept his expression as neutral and confident as possible so that Silver would remain calm.
    Air traffic control had cleared the runway for him, and he landed into the wind, touching down smoothly and bringing the plane to a complete stop before turning to look at Silver.
    “Are you okay, honey?” he asked, searching his daughter’s eyes and trying to make sure that she had handled the stress of the situation alright.
    Silver looked up at him with a confused, almost skeptical expression. “That was a crash landing?” she asked, crossing her arms. “It felt the same as any other landing to me.”
    Anderson resisted the urge to laugh. Typical Silver. Upset that an emergency hadn’t been exciting enough. “If it felt the same as any other landing, that means I did my job right. Looks like we’re going to be stuck in Kodiak for at least the night, though.”
    Silver didn’t say anything in response, but Anderson could tell she was pleased at this turn of events. Leave it to his daughter to find the positive side of an aircraft engine failure. Anderson couldn’t help but smile as he unbuckled his seat belt and jumped out of the cockpit to pull the disabled plane off of the active runway.
    He didn’t even want to think about how spunky his girl would be once she hit her teenage years.
     
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    Several hours later, Anderson had checked into a hotel for the night. It had taken a while to get everything with the plane sorted out, and it was nearly nine p.m. by the time Anderson dropped off Silver’s and his bags in their room. The plane was going to need some serious repairs, and likely wouldn’t be flying anywhere for quite some time. In the meantime, Anderson could either rent a car and make the long drive back to Frost Peak, or he could wait two days until Sawyer had a free moment to come pick him up in another aircraft. Anderson didn’t feel like making a long drive, and, besides, Silver was excited to spend time in Kodiak. Maybe this was the universe’s subtle way of letting him know he needed to pay more attention to what his little girl was asking for.
    Even though the hour was late, Silver could hardly contain her excitement, and Anderson decided to do what he should have done for her in the first place—take her out for dinner and ice-cream. He changed into a fresh shirt and pair of blue jeans, thankful that he at least had a change of clothes with him, and then took his daughter to his favorite steakhouse.
    Anderson ordered the largest prime rib on the menu, but Silver, as usual, ordered a shrimp dish. Anderson shook his head in mock horror, and repeated the same thing he always said to Silver when they went to a steakhouse together.
    “You’re just like your momma, you