"Abdicating her agency" means she gave up making her own decisions. For example, if this man she was following stayed in a certain hotel, she would stay in the same one, she would eat at the same restaurants, she would wake up when he woke up and go to bed when he went to bed. So would "stick to him like glue" and his life patterns would become her life patterns. The person she was would become lost, and she would become a new person who was dedicated to following this man's tracks.