And the black oppresiveness gives way to white at the gift of a rose. I see what you did there. And yeah, I'm sure whoever is making this deal will have eat his words at some point. While no price is too high to save that child's life (or at least that is the strong implication of this prologue), that doesn't mean there won't be angst over it.
How ominous! No price is to high and yet we still don't know what it could have been, although I can imagine what it might have been, of course I have no idea at all how it will progress from here, especially when beauty is still so young and can't possibly go with the beast now.
and we might be discussing fragrances,
or even tastes perhaps.
See how bittersweet it smells!