Near the final scene of [*Sandkings*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandkings_(novelette)) (1979) by George R. R. Martin, Wo tells Kress to leave the house immediately and run away in a particular direction, promising to pick him up. 

However Wo never picks him up, even well after agreed time. Instead, running in a given direction, Kress ultimately approaches the fortress of the Orange Sandking who ran away from the same house before and have suffered the most from Kress' abusive behavior in the past.

Did Wo (and Shade) deliberately send Kress to the Orange Sandking?