"You're probably right about that," Kate chuckled.
Victoria had always struck her as more bloodthirsty than her brother. Sometimes she wondered how Victoria wasn't an Argent by birth, the way she takes after Kate and Gerard when it comes to hunting and The Code. Allison's mother was more likely to be Kate's sibling by temperament than Chris, and thus made a wonderful addition to the clan when it was decided that the Argent and Keating families would be combined through their union. A strong political move in the hunting community.
In spite of their matriarchal tendencies, Gerard remained de facto leader of the Argent family. He was too much of a force to be reckoned with to be anything else until he was dead and cold; however, Victoria was now essentially regent until Allison or Angelyna or one of the other female cousins of their generation could step up to the plate. This, Kate felt, was inappropriate when she was more than willing and capable to fill the role. Kate still didn't know what drove her father's decision to overlook her, and she would be lying if she claimed she wasn't even a little resentful.
Pushing that out of her mind for the time being, Kate closed the trunk of the Kia once Allison had all her archery paraphernalia and began leading the way deeper into the woods. "What's your all-time distance record again?"