Roxana learns that she can turn invisible, Tuma has mental persuasion, January can take other abilities temporarily and Matteo can control bugs. Sam discovers that her heightened senses are the result of her powers awakening. Catherine tells her that her sister Eleanor is to never know about the Society and Morrow immediately puts them to training.
Morrow reveals that he has the ability to multiply himself and that Catherine is a member as well, shocking Sam. Their teacher is Professor James Morrow who reveals that they are not there to take summer school, but instead are to be trained to join the Secret Society of Second-Born Royals, a group of superpowered individuals dedicated to protecting the world and serving the various monarchies. Sam attends summer school alongside eagerly friendly January, quiet and socially awkward Matteo, conceited and popular Tuma and social networking and pompous Roxana. The next day, she is informed by Catherine that she is to take summer school to make up for missing her history test. While spending the night out with Mike, Sam suddenly begins to experience an over-stimulation of her senses while at an underground concert and gets herself and Mike arrested when she sets off the fire sprinklers. Her older sister, Eleanor, is to succeed their mother Catherine to the throne following the death of their father and uncle. In the kingdom of Illyria, second-born royal Sam argues against the monarchy with her friend Mike by performing rock music on the streets.