Alyssa is the oldest Davinstein child. She is the most educated and "trained" leader of the family. Being that she was a girl, she always knew the family would not be hers, but she helps the family business as no other child does. Her entire life she has know that her two brothers had more rights than her and it infuriates her (internally). She is the picture of what a good family member is: courteous, respectful, intelligent, proper, elegant, and beautiful. She loves her family, but despises the historical rule of just men. Her mother is in charge now, purely out of the mourning period of a year of a deceased husband. Motive to steal the brooch: To gain power when she has never had it.