Man, I love that we're always on the same page! :D (Except for that sarcastic remark about hair >:| lmao)

The first thing that came to mind as being likely to improve Lilith's opinion of Aleks would be helping her deal with some supernatural hunter of sorts that comes after her. But it is WAY too soon for that. I don't think it would be a good idea for Lilith's execution to fail yet. Her ego is way too big. If something like that happened now even if Aleks was nice/ understanding about it (which I doubt he would be) Lilith would be really upset and... not react well. Like. I feel like lots of innocent and unplanned people would die. As for Aleks' plan backfiring... that's a bit iffy as well. If Lilith thinks Aleks can't handle coordinating all this there's no way she's going to trust him for quite some time.

I also think it's too soon for Volgin. That arc is going to be VERY exciting but now isn't the time for it.

So... now that I've essentially shot down all of your ideas. >.> I think the best idea would be for Aleks' plan to not work out but not in a way that affects Lilith. Like... it makes things more complicated for him to do business or something but there's no reason for Lilith to even know that things aren't going well because it's not like Aleks to let her in on that sort of thing. But I could have her notice he's more stressed than usual and maybe on her next mission he has to be present for it and that's when she definitely knows something is weird. And maybe because Aleks is present for that one we could have a witness and then Volgin would be involved! But it should be an unreliable witness, like someone on a hallucinogen. That way there is reason for Volgin to doubt and still have hope for his friend, but also a reason for him to be wary of Aleks.

How does that sound to you? Any input? Feel free to shoot it down, goodness knows I wasn't as nice as I could have been. >.<