Meyer looks almost disgusted by Ned's offer, or at least vaguely queasy. "I don't want to feed on you. I don't want to feed on anyone. I want everyone to get back to how they were before all of this started. This wouldn't have happened if we weren't..."

But that's problematic, too, because he doesn't want to get angry and lose his cool. He needs to stay calm, so that Ned stays calm, so that he can get him out of this situation. And he needs to talk to Charlie, as soon as possible, to talk him out of doing something awful to Ned or to talk him into letting Ned go, either way. What use do they have for kidnapping someone?

"I'm not going to let him hurt you."

His tone is firm there. He can stop Charlie from doing something stupid. Or at least, he could when Charlie was fully human.