Dimitri I shifted from behind Brooke and sat down in the chair beside her bed. “Dr. Ivan, is there any way to tell when she will be able to leave the hospital?” I asked, gently grabbing her hand. Her muscles eased under my touch. “Alpha, her spirit was broken by the assault. I took a r**e kit and sent it off to the lab, and a copy of the results will be sent to the council. I was told that the culprit is in custody?” He looked over his glasses at me. I nodded my head. “Yes, and from the looks of it, he just might die after the Summit.” I snapped. I couldn't imagine what was going through my mate's mind. My beautiful mate. She was beaten and r***d by that lousy scum, Lowell. "Alpha, you won't be able to kill him, not until his trial. I don't like it any more than you do, but that's the

