When Alexa's eyes flickered open, she had expected three possible outcomes. First, she must be dead and would find herself in the Underworld. How could she have survived that explosion, right?

Second, if she was lucky enough to live, she must have sustained life-altering injuries, perhaps unable to walk or speak any longer.

Third, she was dead because there was no way she could have survived such a situation.

But lo and behold, she had fortunately lived, and when she woke ...