Lyssa is a warrior searching for redemption or to die in battle, which ever comes first.
Abi is a woman who will protect her home herself if no one else will help, no matter how little experience she has in the business of being a warrior.
It’s in Lyssa’s nature to help when she comes across a woman about to be sacrificed to the gods, but where’s the redemption in killing thirty villagers to save one.
Lyssa may have underestimated just how much help Abi’s village needs.