Since there was some talking about it;
I'm a Valeria fan, and i would compare her situation with Daryl from the tv series The Walking Dead, he's a tv series original character that didn't exist on the comics and made quite of a success, i think that maybe, at first, the writers had not much on mind for him and who knows, maybe they would kill him after a few seasons, or on the first season...but since he made such success with the fanbase nowadays he has a tv series centered on his character. With Valeria could be kind of the same thing, maybe at first Nyx had a pre determined fate for her, maybe she would use her for a specific purpose and get rid of her just after, but since the player base liked her so much (not saying that everyone likes her or that shes the most liked one) and she got a good development, maybe Nyx is at least re-thinking it and may use other character for this purpose if it exists...it's her game, we will know whats gonna happen with Val in due time, but in my personal opinion would be a waste to waste her character since its hard to create one that people actually likes and makes a connection with...many games fail due the players not creating a link with the characters.
From my part, even with Val not having the official L.I status i like to think that there's nothing set on stone yet.