Phoebe looked at him and this time tears did escape. "I will always take second place to him, Cole, and you can't deny that," she said softly. She shook her head. "No matter what happens, you won't stop until either he's brought back or... or someone else is killed. Nothing matters to you more than bringing Angelus back and I can't handle taking that. I'm not prepared to spend the rest of my life looking over my shoulder wondering when Angelus is going to kill me."