The Christmas Wish: The Magical Bracelet: The Christmas Wish Series, #3

By Jamie Jennings

Prince Damien has never known a life outside the castle. If he goes to town, it is with a royal escort. If he visits the people, it is with his royal guards. If he wants to see the Christmas lamps lit across the town, then it is from his window at the top of the tower. In short, Damien isn't like a normal kid.

                But now that he is nearly thirteen, Damien is determined to get some independence, and when he escapes from the castle and finds a magic bracelet that can grant his every wish, it seems like his life is going to change for the better. How long will his newfound happiness last, however? And what will happen when the king comes looking for him?

                All will be well, so long as he doesn't waste his Christmas wish…

• Language: English
• Publisher: Prentobook Press
• Release date: Dec 16, 2022
• ISBN: 9780645240894

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The Christmas Wish: The Magical Bracelet

Copyright © Jamie Jennings, 2022

All rights reserved.

Interior Design: Jennie Lyne Hiott @bookcoverit.com

Cover Designer: Sonali Basu Routh

Editor: Hoffman Smith

ISBN: 978-0-6452408-9-4

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This is a work of fiction. The names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the writer’s imagination or are used fictitiously and should not be construed as real. Any similarities to persons, living or dead, actual events, locale or organizations is entirely coincidental.

Contents

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter One

December had arrived at the kingdom and had brought with it a familiar chill in the air. It was not yet snowing, but the prince knew it could happen any day now.

Prince Damien loved the snow. In fact, winter was his favourite time of the year. He loved the bracing chill in the air, the smell of burning firewood and the rosy cheeks of all the townspeople. There was something about this season that made people friendlier and more cheerful. And, of course, there were the lights.

The lines which hung from the gutters and window ledges of every house in town, connecting together and crisscrossing the air in such complex and beautiful patterns, suspended lanterns of every possible colour above the streets of the kingdom. Every evening, as soon as December dawned, children would run to their doorsteps, businessmen and merchants, old and young alike, would peer through their windows and stop in their tracks to watch the lamplighters take their merry walk around the cobbled streets and light each lamp with their long flaming pole. Once lit, the casing around each lamp glowed brightly with colour, giving the winding streets the rainbowed effect of a dream or a great tapestry. Sometimes it seemed as though spirits lived in those