Sydney and Luca have settled into married life In Edinburgh Luca receives an invitation for the Annual Ball by the Council which will be in New Orleans this time Marquis Delfont will be hosting the event a we'll do to business man in New Orleans . Darian also receives the same invitation and they make plans to go to the ball and before that they visit Armande Torrelini Esthers Sire who has been living in exile since his lovers death years ago with Sydney and Luca . while in New Orleans Sydney and Luca make plans to buy a new house there and see the sites especially Lucas old home who Luca had shared with Tobin Luca wants to show what New Orleans is like and there's to have fun and party at the Annual ball which they do . once home in Scotland Sydney and Luca Make plans to move into a new house and decide to start a family together which they have both wanted for a long time .