Alicia de Silva

Alicia de Silva is the mother of Bernard de Silva-Fortalejo and daughter of Ernesto and Julia de Silva.

Alicia died after giving birth to Bernard de Silva. She was once arranged to be married to Romano Fortalejo initially thought to be the father of her baby before Romano eloped with his girlfriend Anna.

As a young adult, Alicia was thought to be in love with Romano however this was later revealed to be untrue as she was really in love with Leon Fortalejo. Alicia had seduced Leon which led to a pregnancy. She intended for Leon to marry her but as she realized the magnitude of what she had done she was willing to marry even Romano to save her family from shame. A month after the pregnancy was revealed, Leon and the de Silvas were discussing the wedding Alicia was left behind in their home. Alfon who was a distant cousin of Julia and in love with his young niece raped Alicia. Leon noted that when he next saw Alicia, the young woman had changed demeanour becoming more quiet.

Romano escaped from Paso de Blas and eloped with his girlfriend causing a big rift between father and son. Leon believing that he could still persuade his son to come back did not tell the de Silva's of the situation but when he found out that Romano was already married, he was ready to take the responsibility. But before the wedding, Alicia confessed that she's not 'clean' anymore as she had slept with someone else making Leon doubt the father of the child. This event would lead to the tragic death of Ernesto and Alicia's passing after giving birth leading to over two decades of feud between the Fortalejos and the de Silva.

In The Devil's Kiss, while everyone was led to believe that Alfon was Bernard's father when the former confessed to raping Alicia, Leon was able to confirm the real father as himself as he learned that Alfon first raped Alicia a month after they've known of the pregnancy.

It can be deduced that along with Leon, Julia would have known that it wasn't really Alfon as she was aware that Alicia was already pregnant but would not know that it was Leon as the father.

Leon Fortalejo mentioned in Jewel, Black Diamond that he suspected Alicia's affection for him as hero worship.