Answer:
My first is a creature whose breeding is unclear. My second, a price you must pay. My whole can be found in the river of Time and refers to events of today.
A house of wood in a hidden place. Built without nails or glue. High above the earthen ground. It holds pale gems of blue.
By Moon or by Sun, I shall be found. Yet I am undone, if there's no light around.
What has one eye but cannot see?
Fatherless and motherless. Born without sin, roared when it came into the world. And never spoke again.
I always have to work with something in my eye. What am I?