Marco de Silva

Marco de Silva of the de Silva clan is the eponymous Devil in the first book of the Kristine Series The Devil's Kiss. He is married to Emerald Fortalejo and father to twins Romano and Jade.

Marco de Silva's parents are Ernesto and Julia. His sister Alicia died after giving birth to his nephew Bernard.

He is a criminal lawyer at the beginning of the series and known to be the only cool headed man stopping most of the altercations between the Fortalejos and the de Silvas. Margarita once told Emerald that despite the feud between the two families, she believes that Marco is a good man. He never rises to Nathaniel's baiting whenever they encounter each other. It was noted that the fighting between the two families' loyalist stopped when Marco stayed in Palawan.

When the bad blood between the de Silva and the Fortalejo was cleared, Marco married Emerald. He was consistently being prodded by Don Leon to be the company lawyer of the Fortalejo businesses. Despite disliking working in an office and being a criminal lawyer, Marco relented after a while in running Kristine Cement and eventually took the helm of Kristine Steel instead of Emerald.

It was made known that Marco chose to be a lawyer in hope to make the Fortalejos pay for the perceived wrong they've done to his family. His real passion was architecture which he revealed when in boredom in holding a desk job, he designed the Kristine Steel building including the secret emergency steel doors as well as the secret passage from the president's office to the helipad which proved to be vital in saving Jade's life during a third attempt on her life.

Maila, the daughter of one of the women Alfon raped, was obsessed with Marco. In Kapeng Barako at Krema, Maila was the mastermind in the attempts at Jade's life in hope that she will lure Marco to her. Jade reasoned to Maila that her father did not want to hurt or thought less of her but it was just Marco greatly loves his wife Emerald that no other woman will take space in his mind or his heart.

After years of working in the Kristine Group of Companies, Marco was desperate to retire and live back in Paso de Blas. His children wanted to fulfill their father's wishes and went to great lengths just to make sure he does not come out of retirement.

Troy de Silva was his first grandson by his son Romano and Bobbie who will be the primary heir to the de Silvas.