No alpha would accept to have his mate strip naked before another male and have him inspect her body. That is an insult and could result in severe destruction and the deaths of several innocent lives. It was unacceptable and utterly disrespectful. Even if he wasn't an alpha, no normal male would allow such. Although it was yet to be confirmed if Rain was really his mate, that doesn't mean he was any less protective of her as if she were his mate. Both Stark and Winston struggled to accept that checking her body for runes was the only way and a necessary step to ensure that she was safe and not under any such enchantment and if she was, they had to figure out a way to free her from the powerful hold of sorcery as soon as possible. He didn't even consider what she might be going through. Rai
