As for deaths, before she left, Tess said in the end that everybody could die by the end (including our three protagonists) except one person. I assume the gambit queen is the exception, but ya never know
Speaking of which, there aren't many Chapters left to fit all the game content into. At one time, Tess wrote that there would be 12 chapters in all (most likely). And we still don't even have Olivia's Welcome Party after Ch7, no Fashion Show, and no Game Show. Honestly, I'm even a little confused and don't really understand how it's all going to play out. It's basically 3 big events (?), but how long it will take to produce them, I can't say.
I may be wrong, and Fashion Show of slaves will be part of the Game Show event, for those players who refused to help Katsumi, but it's still not a small event that is unclear when it will be done. And that's not to mention that Tess still needs to make weighty content for the female pod being trained by Kane (Dom K5+), the main story content of Gambit and separate content (scenes) for Dom and Sub routes. I hope Tess has thought of everything.