There were not so many physical threats that could not be countered with a decent hammer.
I don't know if I want a steady relationship, but I'm terrified of losing you.
Consider this a fair warning.
She saw him drenched with gasoline. She could actually feel the box of matches in her hand.
He's pulling the load of an ox and walking on eggshells.
Salander's fingers emerged like something dead from beneath the earth. Had there been any human watching, he would probably have reacted like the fox. He was gone like a shot.