Dullahan In A Midsummer Night's Tale

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Of course for some, the allure of food held no sway if for only the soul dressed up as a very convincing Dullahan surely making the other partygoers wonder if he had quite the meal before coming by, or if his staminal alone would last him the knight. All the same as the knight's careful stepping would never cease doing his best to weave in between the crowds or even get convinced to get a few female party goes a dance with a distorted version of their prince charming at least once during this occasion. Although as the night war on the Dullahan would retreat from the dancefloor declining any further dancing after it's charm wore thin for him.

"Hehe suppose the charm of a knight doesn't leave the fancy of the female heart no matter the age,

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